pusdiena

From puse (“side, half”) +‎ diena (“day”).

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pusdiena f (4th declension)

1. midday, noon (the middle of the day, when the sun is highest, most distant from the horizon)

   pret pusdienu ― toward, nearing noon

   patiesā pusdiena ― true noon (in astronomy, the exact moment of the sun's highest position)

   apskaties tak, cik augstu saule: drīz būs pusdiena ― look how high the sun is: soon it will be noon

   bija pusdienas laiks; saule atradās taisni virs galvas ― it was noon time; the sun was located right above (our) heads

   otra dienā līdz pusdienai Jancis jutās it labi, bet pēcpusdienā un pret vakaru galvas sāpes un karstums atkal pieņēmās

   bet ko tu darīsi dzīves pusdienā? ― but what will you do in the noon of life (= i.e., the middle of life, when you are fully adult, no longer young, not yet old)

2. noon, twelve o'clock (a moment in time, twelve hours after midnight)

   pulksten divos pēc pusdienas ― at two (minutes) after twelve o'clock

   es palūkojos pulstenī: četri pēc pusdienas ― I looked at the clock: four (minutes) after twelve o'clock

3. (rare) midday nap, siesta

   pusdienu gulēt ― to sleep the midday nap

• pēcpusdiena
• priekšpusdiena

• diena
• pusdienas, pusdienot

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