komēta

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See also: kometa, kométa, kòméta, komētā, kometą, kòmétą, and kòmétã

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Komēta

Etymology

From Latin cometa, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

Noun

komēta f (4th declension)

  1. (astronomy) comet (celestial body composed mostly of ice, dust and gas, having a “tail” of matter caused by the solar wind)
    komētu astronomija ― comet astronomy
    komētas kodols ― comet nucleus
    īsperioda, ilgperioda komēta ― short-period, long-period comet

Declension

Declension of komēta (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) komēta komētas
accusative (akuzatīvs) komētu komētas
genitive (ģenitīvs) komētas komētu
dative (datīvs) komētai komētām
instrumental (instrumentālis) komētu komētām
locative (lokatīvs) komētā komētās
vocative (vokatīvs) komēta komētas

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