Noun: galotne
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | galotne |
| Accusative | galotni |
| Genitive | galotnes |
| Dative | galotnei |
| Instrumental | galotni |
| Locative | galotnē |
| Vocative | galotne |
Plural
| Nominative | galotnes |
| Accusative | galotnes |
| Genitive | galotņu |
| Dative | galotnēm |
| Instrumental | galotnēm |
| Locative | galotnēs |
| Vocative | galotnes |
Sample Sentences
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ozola, bērza, egles galotne (oak, birch, fir top)
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krūma, zara galotne (bush, branch end, tip)
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vēja šūpojas bērzu galotnes (the wind is swaying the tips, tops of the birch trees)
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nocirst kokam galotni (to cut off the tip of the tree (= of the top branches))
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nokniebt saknes galotni (to nip off the tips of the roots)
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stumbrs un katrs zars aug ar galotni (the trunk and every branch grow from (lit. with) the tip)
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klinšu galotnes (tops of the rocks)
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kalna galotne (top of the hill)
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baltas viļņu galotnes (the white tops of the waves)
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plaušu, sirds galotne (the apex of the lungs, of the heart)
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sirds augšdaļu, no kuras atiet asinsvadi, sauc par pamatu, bet apakšdaļu - par galotni (the upper part of the heart, from which the blood vessels leave, is called base, and the lower part (is called) apex)
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viņš labi pārzina šaha spēles stratēģiju un ir visai izveicīgs galotnē (he is well acquainted with the strategy of the game of chess and is very skillful at the final stage (of a match))
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lietvārda galotnes (noun endings)
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noteiktā galotne (definite ending (i.e., definite form))
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nenoteiktā galotne (indefinite ending (i.e., indefinite form))
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norīt galotnes (to swallow the endings (i.e., to pronounce the word endings badly, unclearly, or not at all))
Nouns inflected like galotne
hercogiene,
tīģeriene,
piedurkne,
piedrokne,
balsene,
piedrukne,
brūklene,
zaķene,
zilene,
zemene,
prombūtne,
paliene,
galotne,
kinozvaigzne,
firstiene,
pilsone,
nometne,
pienene,
ķēniņiene,
zinātne, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From gals (“end”) + -otne. This word was first used in the grammatical sense of “ending” by Andrejs Stērste in 1879 and was soon accepted into the standard language.
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