libānisks
Latvian
Etymology
From Libāna (“Lebanon”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
libānisks (definite libāniskais, comparative libāniskāks, superlative vislibāniskākais, adverb libāniski)
- Lebanese (relating to the Lebanese people, their language and culture)
- vienkārši un spirdzinoši Tuvo Austumu salāti ar libānisku izcelsmi ― simple and crisp salad of Lebanese origin
Usage notes
English “Lebanese” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to libāniešu, the genitive plural form of libānietis. The adjective libānisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Lebanese”), or in its adverbial form libāniski.
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | libānisks | libāniski | libāniska | libāniskas | |
| genitive | libāniska | libānisku | libāniskas | libānisku | |
| dative | libāniskam | libāniskiem | libāniskai | libāniskām | |
| accusative | libānisku | libāniskus | libānisku | libāniskas | |
| instrumental | libānisku | libāniskiem | libānisku | libāniskām | |
| locative | libāniskā | libāniskos | libāniskā | libāniskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | libāniskais | libāniskie | libāniskā | libāniskās | |
| genitive | libāniskā | libānisko | libāniskās | libānisko | |
| dative | libāniskajam | libāniskajiem | libāniskajai | libāniskajām | |
| accusative | libānisko | libāniskos | libānisko | libāniskās | |
| instrumental | libānisko | libāniskajiem | libānisko | libāniskajām | |
| locative | libāniskajā | libāniskajos | libāniskajā | libāniskajās | |
| vocative | libānisko, libāniskais | libāniskie | libānisko, libāniskā | libāniskās | |