kontinents
See also: Kontinents
Latvian
Kontinenti
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin continēns (accusative form continēntem), the present participle of the verb continēo (“to contain”) used as a noun.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kontinents m (1st declension)
- continent (large landmass, completely or almost completely surrounded by seas and oceans)
- Eiropas, Āzijas kontinents ― European, Asian continent
- Āfrikas, Amerikas kontinents ― African, American continent
- atklāt kontinentu ― to discover a continent
- vecais kontinents ― the old continent (i.e., Eurasia, sometimes Africa)
- melnais kontinents ― the black continent (i.e., Africa)
- kontinenta sēklis ― continental shelf
- pa visiem kontinentiem ― on all continents
Declension
Declension of kontinents (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kontinents | kontinenti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kontinentu | kontinentus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kontinenta | kontinentu |
| dative (datīvs) | kontinentam | kontinentiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kontinentu | kontinentiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | kontinentā | kontinentos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | kontinent | kontinenti |
Derived terms
See also
- The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika
Swedish
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