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slovēnisks

slovēnisks

Latvian

Adjective

slovēnisks (def. slovēniskais, comp. slovēniskāks, sup. visslovēniskākais; adv. slovēniski)

  1. Slovene, Slovenian (relating to the Slovene language; relating to Slovenes or to Slovenia)
    viņiem ir slovēniska izcelsme ― they are of Slovene origin
    režisors atteic, ka gribējis izstāstīt lokālu stāstu: “tik slovēnisku, cik vien iespējams” ― the director denies that he wants to tell a local story: “as Slovene as possible”

Declension

Usage notes

English “Slovene” or “Slovenian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to slovēņu, the genitive plural form of slovēnis. The adjective slovēnisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Slovenian”), or in its adverbial form slovēniski.

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