bosnisks

Latvian

Etymology

From Bosn(ija) (“Bosnia”) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

bosnisks (bosniskais comparative, bosniskāks superlative, visbosniskākais adverb, bosniski)

  1. Bosnian (relating to the Bosnian language; relating to Bosnians or to Bosnia; relating to Bosniaks and their people)
    es runāju “bosniski”, jo es esmu strādājusi Sarajevā ― I speak Bosnian because I have worked in Sarajevo

Usage notes

English “Bosnian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to bosniešu, the genitive plural form of bosnietis. The adjective bosnisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Bosnian”), or in its adverbial form bosniski.

Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of bosnisks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)		 singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) bosnisks bosniski bosniska bosniskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) bosnisku bosniskus bosnisku bosniskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) bosniska bosnisku bosniskas bosnisku
dative (datīvs) bosniskam bosniskiem bosniskai bosniskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) bosnisku bosniskiem bosnisku bosniskām
locative (lokatīvs) bosniskā bosniskos bosniskā bosniskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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