Piena Ceļš
Latvian
Etymology
The name follows the model of most European languages (cf English Milky Way), going back to Ancient Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxías), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- (astronomy) the Milky Way (the galaxy which contains the Solar System)
- Piena Ceļa galaktika ― the Milky Way galaxy
- visas pie debesīm redzamās zvaigznes ietilpst milzīgā zvaigžņu sistēmā, un to mēs parasti saucam par Galaktiku jeb Piena Ceļu ― all stars visible on the sky belong to a huge star system, and that (star system) we call Galaxy or Milky Way
- (astronomy) the Milky Way (the band of diffuse light visible in the night sky; our local vision of the Milky Way galaxy)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Piena Ceļš | — |
| genitive | Piena Ceļa | — |
| dative | Piena Ceļam | — |
| accusative | Piena Ceļu | — |
| instrumental | Piena Ceļu | — |
| locative | Piena Ceļā | — |
| vocative | Piena Ceļ | — |
Synonyms
- Galaktika
- Putnu Ceļš