ēģiptisks

Latvian

Etymology

From Ēģipte (Egypt) + -isks.

Adjective

ēģiptisks (definite ēģiptiskais, comparative ēģiptiskāks, superlative visēģiptiskākais, adverb ēģiptiski)

  1. Egyptian (relating to Egyptians or to Egypt)
    viss ir ļoti skaists un ēģiptiskseverything is very beautiful and Egyptian
    ēģiptiska dekorācijaEgyptian decoration
    ēģiptiskas dievībasEgyptian deities

Usage notes

English “Egyptian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to ēģiptiešu, the genitive plural form of ēģiptietis. The adjective ēģiptisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Egyptian”), or in its adverbial form ēģiptiski.

Declension

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