Noun: aorta
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | aorta |
| Accusative | aortu |
| Genitive | aortas |
| Dative | aortai |
| Instrumental | aortu |
| Locative | aortā |
| Vocative | aorta |
Plural
| Nominative | aortas |
| Accusative | aortas |
| Genitive | aortu |
| Dative | aortām |
| Instrumental | aortām |
| Locative | aortās |
| Vocative | aortas |
Sample Sentences
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lielais asinsriņķošanas loks sākas ar aortu (the great blood circulation cycle begins with the aorta)
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lielie asinsvadi: aorta un plaušu artērija (the major blood vessels: the aorta and the pulmonary artery)
Nouns inflected like aorta
tulkošana,
secība,
sezona,
saruna,
sajūta,
samaņa,
smarža,
skudra,
sklēra,
muļķība,
pirmdiena,
bebrāda,
skaudība,
kaklarota,
psihiatrija,
vīksna,
vīnoga,
izmaksa,
sešpaka,
melnaugļu aronija, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀορτή'.
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