interpunkcija
See also: interpunkcijā
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin interpunctiō, from inter (“between”) and punctiō (“pricking, puncturing”), from the verb pungo (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [inteɾpunktsija]
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Noun
interpunkcija f (4th declension)
- (orthography) punctuation (the set of punctuation marks in a given language; the use of punctuation marks in a given language)
- interpunkcijas sistēma ― punctuation system
- apgūt interpunkciju ― to learn, master punctuation
- interpunkcijas kļūdas ― punctuation mistakes
- izvēloties pieturzīmes, jāņem vērā interpunkcijas un citu rakstības zīmju un paņēmienu mijiedarbība ― when choosing punctuation marks, one must take into account the interaction of punctuation and other writing symbols and modes
- vispirms tulkotājiem pārmetums, ka viņi pārāk brīvi rīkojušies ar interpunkciju ― the first criticism of translators is that they treat punctuation too freely
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | interpunkcija | — |
| genitive | interpunkcijas | — |
| dative | interpunkcijai | — |
| accusative | interpunkciju | — |
| instrumental | interpunkciju | — |
| locative | interpunkcijā | — |
| vocative | interpunkcija | — |
See also
Punctuation marks (pieturzīmes):
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
interpùnkcija f (Cyrillic spelling интерпу̀нкција)
- punctuation (set of symbols)