slāvisks

From slāvs (“Slav”) +‎ -isks.

slāvisks (definite slāviskais, comparative slāviskāks, superlative visslāviskākais, adverb slāviski)

1. Slavic (relating to the Slavic peoples, their languages and cultures)

   slāvisks uzvārds ― Slavic family name

   slāvisks motīvs ― Slavic motif

   īsti slāvisks noskaņojums ― a truly Slavic mood

English “Slavic” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to slāvu, the genitive plural form of slāvs. The adjective slāvisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Slavic”), or in its adverbial form slāviski.

• slāvs, slāviete