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See also: Kontinents
Latvian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Continents_by_colour.png/250px-Continents_by_colour.png)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]kontinents m (1st declension)
- 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
[edit]Declension of kontinents (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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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
[edit]See also
[edit]- The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika
Swedish
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