diena

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See also: dieną and dienā

Latvian

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Etymology

From Proto-Baltic (compare Old Prussian dēinā), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deinas/*dinas (compare Proto-Slavic *dьnь), from Proto-Indo-European *déynos, ultimately from *dyew- (“to shine”).

Noun

diena f (4th declension)

  1. day
    Lietojiet vienu tableti dienā.
    Take one pill a day.
    Nedēļā ir septiņas dienas.
    There are seven days in a week.
    Es to dienu nekad neaizmirsīšu.
    I'll never forget that day.
    dienas gaisma ― daylight

Declension

Declension of diena (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) diena dienas
accusative (akuzatīvs) dienu dienas
genitive (ģenitīvs) dienas dienu
dative (datīvs) dienai dienām
instrumental (instrumentālis) dienu dienām
locative (lokatīvs) dienā dienās
vocative (vokatīvs) diena dienas

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dein- (oblique stem *din-); compare Latvian dìena, Old Prussian deinan (acc. sg.), Proto-Slavic *dьnь. The ablaut in Balto-Slavic suggests an original Proto-Indo-European n-stem *déy-n- (genitive *din-és (“day”)); compare Old Irish denus (“period of time”), Sanskrit मध्यन्दिन (madhyáṃdina-, “midday”), Latin nūndina (“market day”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (sinteins, “always, daily”). The root *dey- is also seen in diẽvas (“god”); see for more. Cognate with Samogitian dėina.

Pronunciation

Noun

dienà f (plural diẽnos) stress pattern 4

  1. day, daytime (period of sunlight)
    Rudeñs lygiãdienis yrà dienà po kuriõs naktìs tam̃pa trumpèsnė už diẽną. - The autumn equinox is the day after which the nights become longer than the days.
  2. day (a measurement of time equal to twenty-four hours)
  3. day (calendar date)
    rugsė́jo dvýlikta dienà - September 12 (the twelfth day of September)
    mótinos dienà
  4. (usually in the plural) day, time (period, era)
    Atė̃jo suñkios mū̃sų krãštui diẽnos. - A hard time has come for our country.

Declension

Declension of dienà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) dienà diẽnos
genitive (kilmininkas) dienõs dienų̃
dative (naudininkas) diẽnai dienóms
accusative (galininkas) diẽną dienàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) dienà dienomìs
locative (vietininkas) dienojè dienosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) diẽna diẽnos

Synonyms

  • (twenty-four hours): para
  • (calendar date): d.

Derived terms

terms derived from diena

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
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