rīt

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See also: rit, rît, and řiť

Latvian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to swallow, to gulp down
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the same source as (deprecated template usage) 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) mañana).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

rīt

  1. tomorrow (in the day after today)
    rīt no rītatomorrow 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. (deprecated template usage) (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

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

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References

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