talants – Latvian noun declension

Noun: talants
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	talants
Accusative	talantu
Genitive	talanta
Dative	talantam
Instrumental	talantu
Locative	talantā
Vocative	talant

Plural

Nominative	talanti
Accusative	talantus
Genitive	talantu
Dative	talantiem
Instrumental	talantiem
Locative	talantos
Vocative	talanti

Sample Sentences

rakstnieka, komponista talants (writer's, composer's talent)
pedagoga talants (teacher's talent)
aktiera talants (actor's talent)
attīstīt talantu (to develop (one's) talent)
viņam ir talants mūzikā (he has talent for (lit. in) music)
uz skatuves ir parādījušies daudzi apdāvināti, bet talantā uzplaukuši tikai tie, kam pieticis spēka un gribas savu talantu kopt (on the stage many gifted (people) have shown themselves, but only those thrived into talent who had enough strength and will to cultivate their (inborn) talent)
viena no svarīgākajām talanta pazīmēm ir spēja saskatīt sabiedrībai svarīgāko, mākslinieciski nozīmīgāko (one of the most important signs of talent is the capacity to see what is important, what is artistically significant in society)
mākslinieka talants parādās jau tēlojamo parādību izlāsē (the artistic talent shows itself already in the selection of phenomena to portray)
Ingunas skatiens ziņkārīgi pārslīdēja viešņām, pētīdams, kura no šīm meitenēm varētu būt apveltīta ar mājasmātes talantu (Inguna's look curiously went over the (female) guests, trying to find out which of these girls could be endowed with a hostess' talent)
viņam bija viens talants: katram pretimnācējam no sirds kaut ko apsolīt un pēc pāris soļiem to totāli aizmirst (he had only one talent: to promise something from his heart to every person he met, and after a few steps to forget it completely)
aug jauni talanti (new talents are growing)
puķēm smaržu un krāsu nevar aprakstīt; tāpat arī Bertu Rūmnieci, šo unikālo talantu, nevar aprakstīt vai, vēl vairāk, izstāstīt (one cannot describe the color or smell of a flower; likewise, one cannot describe, or, more importantly, narrate Berta Rūmniece, this unique talent)

Nouns inflected like talants

gredzens, greznums, sniegs, salāts, sakars, diftongs, smaids, sonets, sivēns, dienests, piecnieks, skudrs, skvērs, skaits, pacients, vilciens, realizējums, skatiens, izskats, spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin talentum (“weight, monetary unit”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “weight, monetary unit”). The “gift” meaning is probably a metaphor, based on the "money" meaning (“rich” → “gifted”). See: Latin Nouns 'talentum'.