Noun: apostrofs
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | apostrofs |
| Accusative | apostrofu |
| Genitive | apostrofa |
| Dative | apostrofam |
| Instrumental | apostrofu |
| Locative | apostrofā |
| Vocative | apostrof |
Plural
| Nominative | apostrofi |
| Accusative | apostrofus |
| Genitive | apostrofu |
| Dative | apostrofiem |
| Instrumental | apostrofiem |
| Locative | apostrofos |
| Vocative | apostrofi |
Sample Sentences
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lietot apostrofu (to use an apostrophe)
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likt apostrofu vārdu beigās (to put an apostrophe at the ends of words)
Nouns inflected like apostrofs
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 apostrophus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a nominal use of an adjective derived from the verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”). See: Latin Nouns '
apostrophus'.
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