krievisks

Latvian

Etymology

From krievs (“Russian”) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

krievisks (definite krieviskais, comparative krieviskāks, superlative viskrieviskākais, adverb krieviski)

  1. Russian (relating to the Russian language; relating to Russians or to Russia)
    krievisks ornaments ― Russian ornament

Usage notes

English “Russian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to krievu, the genitive plural form of krievs. The adjective krievisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Russian”), or in its adverbial form krieviski.

Declension

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