afgānisks

Latvian

Etymology

From afgānis (Afghan) + -isks.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

afgānisks (afgāniskais comparative, afgāniskāks superlative, visafgāniskākais adverb, afgāniski)

  1. Afghan (relating to the Afghan (Pashto) people, their language and culture; relating to the peoples of Afghanistan, their languages and cultures)
    es uzskatu, ka mums visiem kopā jāstrādā ar šīm afgāņu grupām, kas grib, lai Afganistāna būtu afgāniskaI believe that we all must work together with those Afghan groups who want Afghanistan to be Afghan

Usage notes

English “Afghan” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to afgāņu, the genitive plural form of afgānis (or, more exactly, puštunu, the genitive plural form of puštuns “Pashtun,” “ethnic Afghan,” since, like English Afghan itself, afgānis can in principle refer to a member of any ethnic group from Afghanistan). The adjective afgānisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Afghan”), or in its adverbial form afgāniski.

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