pusnakts

From puse (“side, half”) +‎ nakts (“night”).

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pusnakts f (6th declension)

1. midnight (the middle of the night, when the sun is at its lowest point under the horizon)

   pusnakts stunda ― midnight hour (= the middle of the night)

   patiesā pusnakts ― true midnight (moment of sun's lowest point)

   vidēja pusnakts ― average midnight (average moment of sun's lowest point)

   dzīres ievilkās pāri pusnaktij ― the feast continued on after midnight

   mēnesi varēja gaidīt tikai ap pusnakti ― the moon could be seen only around midnight

   par zemi baltās pusnakts klusums iet ― over the earth, the white silence of midnight is going (around)

2. midnight (a moment in time, 24:00 or 00:00)

   vecais pulkstenis sit divpadsmit reižu... tātad: pusnakts ― the old clock hit twelve times... therefore: (it's) midnight

   trešajā naktī Andrejs bija sardzē no pusnakts līdz četriem ― in the third night, Andrej was the night watch from midnight to four (o'clock a.m.)

• pusdiena

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