komats

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin comma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I 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)).

• IPA^(key): [komats]

komats m (1st declension)

1. (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

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