komats

== Latvian == === Etymology === Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin comma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”). The term was made into a 1st-declension masculine noun with an additional final t, probably following the Ancient Greek declensional paradigm (κόμμα (kómma), gen. κόμματος (kómmatos)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [komats] === Noun === komats m (1st declension) (orthography) comma (punctuation mark (,) usually indicating a short pause; sign used to separate the integer from the decimal part of a number) ierakstīt, likt komatu ― to write, to add a comma atdalīt ar komatu ― to separate with a comma komats latviešu valodas rakstos ir visbiežāk lietotā pieturzīme, un tā funkcijas ir ļoti daudzveidīgas ― the comma is the most frequently used punctuation mark in Latvian writing, and its functions are very diverse “cik ir tauku procents?” jautā Antoniņa... “trīs, komats, deviņi”, tas atbild ― “how much is the percentage of fat?” Antoniņa asks... “three comma nine,” he answers ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== interpunkcija pieturzīme Punctuation marks (pieturzīmes):