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slāvisks

slāvisks

Latvian

Adjective

slāvisks (def. slāviskais, comp. slāviskāks, sup. visslāviskākais; adv. slāviski)

  1. Slavic (relating to the Slavic peoples, their languages and cultures)
    slāvisks uzvārdsSlavic family name
    slāvisks motīvsSlavic motif
    īsti slāvisks noskaņojums ― a truly Slavic mood

Declension

Usage notes

English “Slavic” as an attributive adjective usually correponds 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.

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