platīns
Latvian
Etymology
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
Noun
| 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
Declension of platīns (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | platīns | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | platīnu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | platīna | — |
| dative (datīvs) | platīnam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | platīnu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | platīnā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | platīns | — |
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