See also: apòstrofs

Danish

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Noun

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apostrofs c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of apostrof

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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apostrofs

  1. plural of apostrof

Latvian

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Apostrofs

Etymology

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Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin apostrophus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, accent of elision), a nominal use of an adjective derived from the verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, I turn away).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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apostrofs m (1st declension)

  1. (orthography) apostrophe (the character, used in some languages as a punctuation mark and as a diacritical mark in others)
    lietot apostrofuto use an apostrophe
    likt apostrofu vārdu beigāsto put an apostrophe at the ends of words

Declension

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Punctuation marks (pieturzīmes):