ukrainisks

Latvian

Etymology

From ukrainis (Ukrainian) + -isks, or maybe from Ukraina (Ukraine) + -isks.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ukrainisks (ukrainiskais comparative, ukrainiskāks superlative, visukrainiskākais adverb, ukrainiski)

  1. Ukrainian (relating to the Ukrainian language; relating to Ukrainians or to Ukraine)
    arī fonētika Timošenko nav ukrainiskaalso Timoshenko's phonetics (i.e., pronunciation) is not Ukrainian
    ar šlepēm ir nevis krievisks, bet ukrainiskswith the skis (there) is nothing Russian, but Ukrainain (i.e., the skis are not Russian, but Ukrainian)

Usage notes

English “Ukrainian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to ukraiņu, the genitive plural form of ukrainis. The adjective ukrainisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Ukrainian”), or in its adverbial form ukrainiski.

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.