kazahisks
Latvian
Etymology
From kazahs (“Kazakh”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
kazahisks (definite kazahiskais, comparative kazahiskāks, superlative viskazahiskākais, adverb kazahiski)
- Kazakh (relating to the Kazakh language; relating to Kazakhs or to Kazakhstan)
- Basulis taču arī kazahiski dziedās ― but Basulis will also sing in Kazakh
Usage notes
English “Kazakh” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kazahu, the genitive plural form of kazahs. The adjective kazahisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kazakh”), or in its adverbial form kazahiski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kazahisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kazahisks | kazahiski | kazahiska | kazahiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kazahisku | kazahiskus | kazahisku | kazahiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kazahiska | kazahisku | kazahiskas | kazahisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | kazahiskam | kazahiskiem | kazahiskai | kazahiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kazahisku | kazahiskiem | kazahisku | kazahiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | kazahiskā | kazahiskos | kazahiskā | kazahiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Related terms
- kazahs, kazahiete
- Kazahstāna
- kazahu valoda