somisks

Latvian

Etymology

From soms (“Finn”) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

somisks (somiskais comparative, somiskāks superlative, vissomiskākais adverb, somiski)

  1. Finnish (relating to the Finnish language; relating to Finns or to Finland)
    somisks ornaments ― Finnish ornament
    kas te specifiski somisks? ― what is here specifically Finnish?

Usage notes

English “Finnish” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to somu, the genitive plural form of soms. The adjective somisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Finnish”), or in its adverbial form somiski.

Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of somisks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)		 singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) somisks somiski somiska somiskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) somisku somiskus somisku somiskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) somiska somisku somiskas somisku
dative (datīvs) somiskam somiskiem somiskai somiskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) somisku somiskiem somisku somiskām
locative (lokatīvs) somiskā somiskos somiskā somiskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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