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indoeiropeisks

indoeiropeisks

Latvian

Adjective

indoeiropeisks (def. indoeiropeiskais, comp. indoeiropeiskāks, sup. visindoeiropeiskākais; adv. indoeiropeiski)

  1. Indo-European (relating to the presumed Indo-European people, to their presumed language, Proto-Indo-European, or their culture; relating to the present-day languages, peoples and cultures derived from the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans)
    indoeiropeiskais kalendārsIndo-European calendar
    indoeiropeiskas izcelsmes dievi ― gods of Indo-European origin
    indoeiropeiskas cilmes vārds ― a word of (= from) an Indo-European stem
    viņu valodai nav indoeiropeiskas nokrāsas ― their language does not have an Indo-European flavor (lit. shade)

Declension

Usage notes

English “Indo-European” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to indoeiropiešu, the genitive plural form of indoeiropietis. The adjective indoeiropeisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Indo-European”), or in its adverbial form indoeiropeiski.

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