Noun: tomāts
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | tomāts |
| Accusative | tomātu |
| Genitive | tomāta |
| Dative | tomātam |
| Instrumental | tomātu |
| Locative | tomātā |
| Vocative | tomāt |
Plural
| Nominative | tomāti |
| Accusative | tomātus |
| Genitive | tomātu |
| Dative | tomātiem |
| Instrumental | tomātiem |
| Locative | tomātos |
| Vocative | tomāti |
Sample Sentences
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tomātu stādi (tomato plants)
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ēdamais, kultīvētais tomāts (edible, cultivated tomato (plant))
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plaši izplatīts kultūraugs ir tomāti, kuri Eiropā ievesti 1554. gadā (tomatoes are a quite widespread crop, which was introduced in Europe in 1554)
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tomātus ilgu laiku audzēja kā dekoratīvus augus (tomatoes were grown for a long time as ornamental plants)
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tomātu sula (tomato juice)
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tomātu pasta (tomato paste)
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tomātu biezenis (tomato puree)
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konservēti tomāti (canned tomatoes)
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reņģes tomātu mērcē (herring in tomato sauce)
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brokastīs māmiņa sagriež lielu, sarkanu tomātu un vienu sīpolu (for breakfast, mummy cut a large, red tomato and one onion)
Nouns inflected like tomāts
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
Borrowed from German Tomate, or from Russian тома́т (tomát), themselves borrowings from French tomate, itself a borrowing from Spanish tomate, ultimately borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tomatl. This word is first mentioned in Latvian by the end of the 19th century, initially in two forms, masculine (tomāts) and feminine (tomāte); only in the 1920s did the masculine form became dominant. See: German Nouns '
Tomate', French Nouns '
tomate', Spanish Nouns '
tomate'.
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