ēģiptisks

Latvian

Etymology

From Ēģipte (“Egypt”) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

ēģiptisks (definite ēģiptiskais, comparative ēģiptiskāks, superlative visēģiptiskākais, adverb ēģiptiski)

  1. Egyptian (relating to Egyptians or to Egypt)
    viss ir ļoti skaists un ēģiptisks ― everything is very beautiful and Egyptian
    ēģiptiska dekorācija ― Egyptian decoration
    ēģiptiskas dievības ― Egyptian deities

Usage notes

English “Egyptian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to ēģiptiešu, the genitive plural form of ēģiptietis. The adjective ēģiptisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Egyptian”), or in its adverbial form ēģiptiski.

Declension

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