tomāts
See also: tomats
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tomate, or from Russian томат (tomát), themselves borrowings from French tomate, itself a borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish tomate, ultimately borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl tomatl. This word is first mentioned in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tomāts m (1st declension)
- tomato (plant (Solanum lycopersicum) with branched stems, yellow flowers and juicy, edible red fruits)
- tomātu stādi ― tomato plants
- ēdamais, kultīvētais tomāts ― edible, cultivated tomato (plant)
- plaši izplatīts kultūraugs ir tomāti, kuri Eiropā ievesti 1554. gadā ― tomatoes are a quite widespread crop, which was introduced in Europe in 1554
- tomātus ilgu laiku audzēja kā dekoratīvus augus ― tomatoes were grown for a long time as ornamental plants
- tomato (the red fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable)
- tomātu sula ― tomato juice
- tomātu pasta ― tomato paste
- tomātu biezenis ― tomato puree
- konservēti tomāti ― canned tomatoes
- reņģes tomātu mērcē ― herring in tomato sauce
- brokastīs māmiņa sagriež lielu, sarkanu tomātu un vienu sīpolu ― for breakfast, mummy cut a large, red tomato and one onion
Declension
Declension of tomāts (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | tomāts | tomāti |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | tomātu | tomātus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | tomāta | tomātu |
dative (datīvs) | tomātam | tomātiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | tomātu | tomātiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | tomātā | tomātos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | tomāt | tomāti |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tomāts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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