rīt

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rit"

Latgalian

Verb

rīt

  1. to bark

Latvian

Etymology 1

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Verb

rīt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present riju, rij, rij, past riju)

  1. to swallow, to gulp down
Conjugation
conjugation of rīt
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es riju riju rīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu rij riji rīsi rij
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa rij rija rīs lai rij
1st pers. pl. mēs rijam rijām rīsim rīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs rijat rijāt rīsiet,
rīsit 		rijiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas rij rija rīs lai rij
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present rijot Present Active 1 (Adj.) rijošs
Past esot rijis Present Active 2 (Adv.) rīdams
Future rīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) rijot
Imperative lai rijot Present Active 4 (Obj.) rijam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active rijis
Present rītu Present Passive rijams
Past būtu rijis Past Passive rīts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jārij Infinitive (nenoteiksme) rīt
Conjunctive 1 esot jārij Negative Infinitive nerīt
Conjunctive 2 jārijot Verbal noun rīšana

Etymology 2

From the same source as rīts, perhaps originally as the adverbial form of a related adjective. The meaning changed from “in the (following) morning” to “tomorrow” (cf. a similar case in Spanish mañana).[1]

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Adverb

rīt

  1. tomorrow (in the day after today)
    rīt no rīta ― tomorrow morning
    mans atvaļinājums ir beidzies... rīt atkal jābūt darbā ― my vacation is over... tomorrow (I) will have to be at work again
    kad Lita rīt atvērs acis, vectēvs un tēvs būs tālu jūrā ― when Lita opens her eyes tomorrow, grandfather and father will be far away at sea
  2. (by extension) in the near future
    stiprāki pamati, drošāki tilti, straujākas mašīnas jārada rīt! ― stronger fundaments, safer bridges, faster machines must be created tomorrow!
Usage notes

Rīt is an adverb, meaning “tomorrow,” whereas rītdiena is a noun, meaning “(the day of) tomorrow.” Rīts, on the other hand, is a noun, meaning “morning.” The corresponding locative rītā can mean both “in the morning” (more frequently: no rīta) and “tomorrow” (more frequently: rīt).

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rīts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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