serbisks

Latvian

Etymology

From serbs (“Serb”) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

serbisks (definite serbiskais, comparative serbiskāks, superlative visserbiskākais, adverb serbiski)

  1. Serbian (relating to the Serbian language; relating to Serbs or to Serbia)
    koncerts bija tik serbisks ― the concert was so Serbian
    90% toponīmu un hidronīmu Kosovā ir serbiski ― 90% of the toponyms and hydronyms in Kosovo are Serbian

Usage notes

English “Serbian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to serbu, the genitive plural form of serbs. The adjective serbisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Serbian”), or in its adverbial form serbiski.

Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of serbisks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)		 singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) serbisks serbiski serbiska serbiskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) serbisku serbiskus serbisku serbiskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) serbiska serbisku serbiskas serbisku
dative (datīvs) serbiskam serbiskiem serbiskai serbiskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) serbisku serbiskiem serbisku serbiskām
locative (lokatīvs) serbiskā serbiskos serbiskā serbiskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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