nakts

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognates include Latvian nakts and Lithuanian naktis.

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nakts f (diminutive naksneņa)

1. night

• M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 378

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.^[1]

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nakts f (6th declension)

1. night (time period from sunset to sunrise, from evening to morning)

   vēla nakts ― late night

   dziļa nakts ― deep night

   gara, īsa nakts ― long, short night

   pavadīt nakti teltī ― to spend the night in a tent

   zvaigžņota nakts ― starry night

   nakts debesis ― night sky

   nakts mākoņi ― night clouds

   nakts tumsa ― night darkness

   tumšs kā naktī ― dark like at night

   melns kā nakts ― black like the night (= very black; gloomy)

   uz nakti, uz naktsguļu ― overnight

   nakts no sestdienas uz svētdienu ― night from Saturday to Sunday

   mūžīga nakts ― eternal night (= death)

   strādāt dienām un naktīm, dienu un nakti ― to work day and night

   vakara sārtums pamazām nodziest... nu jau ir pilnīga nakts ― the evening redness gradually disappears... now it is full night

   nakts klusumā skarbi iečīkstējās durvis ― in the silence of the night the door creaked harshly

2. night (the same time period, in relation to a certain event or holiday)

   jaungada nakts ― New Year's Eve (lit. night)

   līgo, Jāņu nakts ― Midsummer night

   kažu nakts ― wedding night

   pirmā nakts ― wedding night (lit. first night, when the marriage is consummated)

3. (in the accusative) at night (during that time period)

   dzirnavās nakti bija dzīres: velni dejoja ar raganām ― at the mill, durning the night, there was a feast: devils danced with witches

4. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) night, nocturnal (typical of, happening during, active during, this time period)

   nakts vilciens ― night train

   nakts dežūra ― night hours

   nakts maiņa, naktsmaiņa ― night shift

   nakts redzamība ― night, noctural visibility

   nakts dzīvnieki, kukaiņi ― nocturnal animals, insects

   nakts puķes ― night flowers

   nakts pastaiga ― night walk

   nakts miers ― night quiet, peace

   nakts miegs ― night sleep

   nakts salna ― night frost

   nakts lampa, naktslampa ― night lamp

   vagonā jau ieslēgts nakts apgaismojums ― the night lights are already on in the rail car

5. (figuratively) night (time period during which negative circumstances prevail)

   fašisma nakts ― the night of fascism

6. night, dark (the darkness typical of this time period)

   muguru pagriezusi, viņa stāvēja pie loga un skatījās nakti ― turning around, she stood by the window and looked at the night

• Times of day (diennakts daļas):
  ausma/rītausma - rīts - priekšpusdiena - pusdiena - pēcpusdiena - vakars - krēsla - nakts - pusnakts