sg.
Adjective
Meaning
Sg. (not comparable)
Abbreviation of singular (grammatical number)
sg. (not comparable)
(grammar) Abbreviation of singular.
Examples
Adjectives in the dative case receive pronominal endings (this might be the result of a more recent development): tas geras vaikas -> sg. tam geram vaikui, pl. tiems geriems vaikams.
Feminine forms are always regular, but the stem vowel sometimes alternates in the masculine forms: *fem. bial (sg.) – biala (pl.) 'good' *masc. bien (sg.) – buns (pl.) 'good'.
The dative case in Latvian underwent further simplifications - the original masculine endings of both nouns and adjectives have been replaced with pronominal inflections: tas vīrs -> sg. tam vīram, pl. tiem vīriem.