krievisks

Latvian

Etymology

From krievs (Russian) + -isks.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Usage notes

English “Russian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds 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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