komats
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin comma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”). The term was made into a 1st-declension masculine noun with an additional final t, probably following the Ancient Greek declensional paradigm (κόμμα (kómma), gen. κόμματος (kómmatos)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]komats m (1st declension)
- (orthography) comma (punctuation mark (,) usually indicating a short pause; sign used to separate the integer from the decimal part of a number)
- ierakstīt, likt komatu ― to write, to add a comma
- atdalīt ar komatu ― to separate with a comma
- komats latviešu valodas rakstos ir visbiežāk lietotā pieturzīme, un tā funkcijas ir ļoti daudzveidīgas ― the comma is the most frequently used punctuation mark in Latvian writing, and its functions are very diverse
- “cik ir tauku procents?” jautā Antoniņa... “trīs, komats, deviņi”, tas atbild ― “how much is the percentage of fat?” Antoniņa asks... “three comma nine,” he answers
Declension
[edit]Declension of komats (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | komats | komati |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | komatu | komatus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | komata | komatu |
| dative (datīvs) | komatam | komatiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | komatu | komatiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | komatā | komatos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | komat | komati |
See also
[edit]Punctuation marks (pieturzīmes):
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