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Komats

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [komats]
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Noun

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komats m (1st declension)

  1. (orthography) comma (punctuation mark (,) usually indicating a short pause; sign used to separate the integer from the decimal part of a number)
    ierakstīt, likt komatuto write, to add a comma
    atdalīt ar komatuto separate with a comma
    komats latviešu valodas rakstos ir visbiežāk lietotā pieturzīme, un tā funkcijas ir ļoti daudzveidīgasthe 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

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See also

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Punctuation marks (pieturzīmes):