kontinents

See also: Kontinents

Latvian

Kontinenti

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin continēns (accusative form continēntem), the present participle of the verb continēo (“to contain”) used as a noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kontinents m (1st declension)

1. continent (large landmass, completely or almost completely surrounded by seas and oceans)

   Eiropas, Āzijas kontinents ― European, Asian continent

   Āfrikas, Amerikas kontinents ― African, American continent

   atklāt kontinentu ― to discover a continent

   vecais kontinents ― the old continent (i.e., Eurasia, sometimes Africa)

   melnais kontinents ― the black continent (i.e., Africa)

   kontinenta sēklis ― continental shelf

   pa visiem kontinentiem ― on all continents

Declension

Declension of kontinents (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kontinents	kontinenti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kontinentu	kontinentus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kontinenta	kontinentu
dative (datīvs)	kontinentam	kontinentiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kontinentu	kontinentiem
locative (lokatīvs)	kontinentā	kontinentos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kontinent	kontinenti

Derived terms

• kontinentāls

See also

• The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
  Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika

Swedish

Noun

kontinents

1. indefinite genitive singular of kontinent