platīns

See also: platins and Platins

Latvian

platīns on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately from Spanish platina (“little silver”), the diminutive form of plata (“silver”), because platinum was found as an apparent impurity with silver.

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Noun

Chemical element
Pt
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platīns m (1st declension)

platinum (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 78.)
platīna oksīds ― platinum oxide

platīna stieple ― platinum wire

Declension

Declension of platīns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	platīns	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	platīnu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	platīna	—
dative (datīvs)	platīnam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	platīnu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	platīnā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	platīn	—