libānisks

Latvian

Etymology

From Libāna (Lebanon) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

libānisks (definite libāniskais, comparative libāniskāks, superlative vislibāniskākais, adverb libāniski)

  1. Lebanese (relating to the Lebanese people, their language and culture)
    vienkārši un spirdzinoši Tuvo Austumu salāti ar libānisku izcelsmisimple 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

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of libānisks
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