platīns
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via some other European language, ultimately from Spanish platina (“little silver”), the diminutive form of plata (“silver”), because platinum was found as an apparent impurity with silver.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Pt | |
| Previous: irīdijs (Ir) | |
| Next: zelts (Au) | |
platīns m (1st declension)
- platinum (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 78.)
- platīna oksīds ― platinum oxide
- platīna stieple ― platinum wire
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | platīns | — |
| genitive | platīna | — |
| dative | platīnam | — |
| accusative | platīnu | — |
| instrumental | platīnu | — |
| locative | platīnā | — |
| vocative | platīn | — |