galaktika

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Noun

galaktika

  1. (astronomy) galaxy

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Etymology

Russian галактика (galaktika).

Noun

galaktika (genitive galaktika, partitive galaktikat)

  1. (astronomy) galaxy

Declension

Declension of galaktika (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative galaktika galaktikad
accusative nom.
gen. galaktika
genitive galaktikate
partitive galaktikat galaktikaid
illative galaktikasse galaktikatesse
galaktikaisse
inessive galaktikas galaktikates
galaktikais
elative galaktikast galaktikatest
galaktikaist
allative galaktikale galaktikatele
galaktikaile
adessive galaktikal galaktikatel
galaktikail
ablative galaktikalt galaktikatelt
galaktikailt
translative galaktikaks galaktikateks
galaktikaiks
terminative galaktikani galaktikateni
essive galaktikana galaktikatena
abessive galaktikata galaktikateta
comitative galaktikaga galaktikatega

Further reading

Latvian

 galaktika on Latvian Wikipedia
Galaktika (NGC 5194)

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin galaxias (galaxy; Milky way), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, Milky Way), from γάλα (gála, milk). The form with -ka suggests that the borrowing went through the adjectival form γαλακτικός (galaktikós), rather than directly from the noun (compare Russian гала́ктика (galáktika), the most likely proximal source).

Pronunciation

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Noun

galaktika f (4th declension)

  1. (astronomy) galaxy (independent, coherent gravitationally maintained system composed of stars, planets and other celestial bodies)
    spirālveida, spirāliska galaktikaspiral galaxy
    galaktikas centrsgalactic center, core
    galaktikas assgalactic axis
    galaktikas plaknegalactic plane
    galaktikas rotācijagalactic rotation
    galaktiku sistēmagalaxy system
    mūsu zvaigžņu sistēmai tuvākās galaktikas ir pazīstamie Magelāna Mākoņithe closest galaxies to our star system are the (well)known Magellanic Clouds

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Derived terms

Lithuanian

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Noun

galãktika f (plural galãktikos) stress pattern 1

  1. (astronomy) galaxy

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡalǎktika/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lak‧ti‧ka

Noun

galàktika f (Cyrillic spelling гала̀ктика)

  1. (astronomy) galaxy

Declension

Uzbek

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гала́ктика (galáktika), from Latin galaxias (galaxy; Milky way), from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, Milky Way), from γάλα (gála, milk).

Noun

galaktika (plural galaktikalar)

  1. galaxy

Declension