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Definition 2024
francisks
francisks
Latvian
Adjective
francisks (def. franciskais, comp. franciskāks, sup. visfranciskākais; adv. franciski)
- Finnish (relating to the Finnish language; relating to Finns or to Finland)
- franciska izruna ― French pronunciation, accent
- franciska pieklājība ― French courtesy
- vispār man ir ambivalenta attieksme pret visu francisko' ― generally I have an ambivalent attitude towards everything French
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of francisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
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| nominative (nominatīvs) | francisks | franciski | franciska | franciskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | francisku | franciskus | francisku | franciskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | franciska | francisku | franciskas | francisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | franciskam | franciskiem | franciskai | franciskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | francisku | franciskiem | francisku | franciskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | franciskā | franciskos | franciskā | franciskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Usage notes
English “French” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to franču, the genitive plural form of francūzis. The adjective francisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is French”), or in its adverbial form franciski.