tirdzniecisks

From tirdzinieks (“merchant, trader”) +‎ -isks, with palatalization of k to c and i being lost via syncope (and with tirdzinieks from tirg(us) (“market”) +‎ -(i)nieks).

tirdzniecisks (definite tirdznieciskais, comparative tirdznieciskāks, superlative vistirdznieciskākais, adverb tirdznieciski)

1. commercial (relating to commerce, at the individual or at the national level)

   tirdznieciskā peļņa ― commercial profit

   tirdznieciskais kapitāls ― commercial capital

   mans sens paziņa Arveds Lejiņš strādāja kādā lielākā tirdznieciskā uzņēmumā par grāmatveža palīgu ― my old acquaintance Arveds Lejiņš worked as an accounting assistant in some large commercial enterprise

   senlatviešu ciltīm, kas dzīvoja Daugavas un Gaujas krastos, bija pastāvīgi tirdznieciski sakari ar austrumslāvu ciltīm ― the ancient Latvian tribes that lived in the banks of the Daugava and Gauja rivers had permanent commercial, trade relations with Eastern Slavic tribes

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