okeāns

Latvian

Klusais okeāns

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Ōceanus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”), a water deity.

Noun

okeāns m (1st declension)

1. ocean (one of the largest natural masses of water, situated between continents)

   Atlantijas okeāns ― Atlantic Ocean

   Klusais okeāns ― Pacific Ocean

   Ziemeļu Ledus okeāns ― Artic (lit. Northern Ice) Ocean

   okeāna straumes ― ocean currents

   okeāna kuģis, tvaikonis ― ocean ship, steamer

   nedēļām ilgi kuģis brauca pa Indijas okeāna skumjajiem klajumiem ― for weeks the ship sailed through the sad plains of the Indic Ocean

Declension

Declension of okeāns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	okeāns	okeāni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	okeānu	okeānus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	okeāna	okeānu
dative (datīvs)	okeānam	okeāniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	okeānu	okeāniem
locative (lokatīvs)	okeānā	okeānos
vocative (vokatīvs)	okeān	okeāni

Derived terms

• Okeānija