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Latvian
Etymology
From gals (“end”) + -otne. This word was first used in the grammatical sense of “ending” by Andrejs Stērste in 1879 and was soon accepted into the standard language.
Pronunciation
Noun
galotne f (5th declension)
- (of trees, plants) top of the foliage, highest branches; thin, growing end of a trunk, branch, stem or root; highest part
- ozola, bērza, egles galotne ― oak, birch, fir top
- krūma, zara galotne ― bush, branch end, tip
- vēja šūpojas bērzu galotnes ― the wind is swaying the tips, tops of the birch trees
- nocirst kokam galotni ― to cut off the tip of the tree (= of the top branches)
- nokniebt saknes galotni ― to nip off the tips of the roots
- stumbrs un katrs zars aug ar galotni ― the trunk and every branch grow from (lit. with) the tip
- (of hills, mountains, waves, etc.) top, summit, apex, highest part
- klinšu galotnes ― tops of the rocks
- kalna galotne ― top of the hill
- baltas viļņu galotnes ― the white tops of the waves
- (of lungs, hearts) apex, farthest extremity
- plaušu, sirds galotne ― the apex of the lungs, of the heart
- sirds augšdaļu, no kuras atiet asinsvadi, sauc par pamatu, bet apakšdaļu - par galotni ― the upper part of the heart, from which the blood vessels leave, is called base, and the lower part (is called) apex
- (of chess, checkers) final stage, end part (of a match)
- viņš labi pārzina šaha spēles stratēģiju un ir visai izveicīgs galotnē ― he is well acquainted with the strategy of the game of chess and is very skillful at the final stage (of a match)
- (linguistics, grammar) ending (the part at the end of a word that changes when it is conjugated, declined, etc.; the final, inflectional suffix of an inflected word)
- lietvārda galotnes ― noun endings
- noteiktā galotne ― definite ending (i.e., definite form)
- nenoteiktā galotne ― indefinite ending (i.e., indefinite form)
- norīt galotnes ― to swallow the endings (i.e., to pronounce the word endings badly, unclearly, or not at all)
Declension
Declension of galotne (5th declension)
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