kiprisks
Latvian
Etymology
From Kipra (“Cyprus”) + -isks.
Adjective
kiprisks (definite kipriskais, comparative kipriskāks, superlative viskipriskākais, adverb kipriski)
- Cypriot (relating to the Cypriots or to Cyprus)
- tieši tur var izjust tādu īsteni kiprisku dzīves garšu ― right there (one) can feel the genuinely Cypriot taste of life
Usage notes
English “Cypriot” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kipriešu, the genitive plural form of kiprietis. The adjective kiprisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Cypriot”), or in its adverbial form kipriski.
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kiprisks | kipriski | kipriska | kipriskas | |
| genitive | kipriska | kiprisku | kipriskas | kiprisku | |
| dative | kipriskam | kipriskiem | kipriskai | kipriskām | |
| accusative | kiprisku | kipriskus | kiprisku | kipriskas | |
| instrumental | kiprisku | kipriskiem | kiprisku | kipriskām | |
| locative | kipriskā | kipriskos | kipriskā | kipriskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kipriskais | kipriskie | kipriskā | kipriskās | |
| genitive | kipriskā | kiprisko | kipriskās | kiprisko | |
| dative | kipriskajam | kipriskajiem | kipriskajai | kipriskajām | |
| accusative | kiprisko | kipriskos | kiprisko | kipriskās | |
| instrumental | kiprisko | kipriskajiem | kiprisko | kipriskajām | |
| locative | kipriskajā | kipriskajos | kipriskajā | kipriskajās | |
| vocative | kiprisko, kipriskais | kipriskie | kiprisko, kipriskā | kipriskās | |