nakts

See also: nākts

Latgalian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnakt͡s]
• Hyphenation: nakts

Noun

nakts f (diminutive naksneņa)

1. night

Declension

Declension of nakts (type 6 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	nakts	nakts, naktis
genitive	nakts	nakšu
dative	naktei	naktim, nakšom1)
accusative	nakti	nakts, naktis
instrumental	nakti	naktim, nakšom1)
locative	naktī	naktīs, nakšuos1)
vocative	nakts	nakts, naktis
1) dialectal

References

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

Latvian

Nakts

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nakts]

• Audio:

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of nakts (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	nakts	naktis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	nakti	naktis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	nakts	nakšu
dative (datīvs)	naktij	naktīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	nakti	naktīm
locative (lokatīvs)	naktī	naktīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	nakts	naktis

Derived terms

• arlabunakti
• diennakts
• naksnīgs
• nakšņot, pārnakšņot
• pusnakts
• šonakt, tonakt

See also

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