секстант

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic سەكستانت
Cyrillic секстант
Latin sekstant
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian секста́нт (sekstánt), from Latin sextans.

Pronunciation

Noun

секстант (sekstant)

  1. (nautical) sextant

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sextans.

Pronunciation

Noun

секста́нт (sekstántm inan (genitive секста́нта, nominative plural секста́нты, genitive plural секста́нтов)

  1. (nautical) sextant

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: секстант (sekstant)

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sextans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sěkstant/
  • Hyphenation: секс‧тант

Noun

сѐкстант m (Latin spelling sèkstant)

  1. (nautical) sextant

Declension

References

  • секстант”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024