[atoːms], [aːtoːms]
CilmeFrom Latin atomus (“smallest particle”) (borrowed via some other European language), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).
- declension-1, masculineatom (smallest part of a chemical element that still has its chemical properties)
“atoma kodols” — atomic nucleus
“atoma uzbūve” — atomic structure
“radioaktīvais atoms” — radioactive atom
Formasatoms(nominative, singular) · atomi(nominative, plural) · atoma(genitive, singular) · atomu(genitive, plural) · atomam(dative, singular) · atomiem(dative, plural) · atomu(accusative, singular) · atomus(accusative, plural) · atomu(instrumental, singular) · atomiem(instrumental, plural) · atomā(locative, singular) · atomos(locative, plural) · atom(singular, vocative) · atomi(plural, vocative)