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indoeiropeisks
indoeiropeisks
Latvian
Adjective
indoeiropeisks (def. indoeiropeiskais, comp. indoeiropeiskāks, sup. visindoeiropeiskākais; adv. indoeiropeiski)
- Indo-European (relating to the presumed Indo-European people, to their presumed language, Proto-Indo-European, or their culture; relating to the present-day languages, peoples and cultures derived from the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans)
- indoeiropeiskais kalendārs ― Indo-European calendar
- indoeiropeiskas izcelsmes dievi ― gods of Indo-European origin
- indoeiropeiskas cilmes vārds ― a word of (= from) an Indo-European stem
- viņu valodai nav indoeiropeiskas nokrāsas ― their language does not have an Indo-European flavor (lit. shade)
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of indoeiropeisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
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| nominative (nominatīvs) | indoeiropeisks | indoeiropeiski | indoeiropeiska | indoeiropeiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskus | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | indoeiropeiska | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskas | indoeiropeisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | indoeiropeiskam | indoeiropeiskiem | indoeiropeiskai | indoeiropeiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskiem | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | indoeiropeiskā | indoeiropeiskos | indoeiropeiskā | indoeiropeiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Usage notes
English “Indo-European” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to indoeiropiešu, the genitive plural form of indoeiropietis. The adjective indoeiropeisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Indo-European”), or in its adverbial form indoeiropeiski.