nakts

nakts f

1. night

From an earlier *naktis, from Proto-Baltic *naktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nokʷti- (“night”), perhaps from a stem *nekʷ with an extra suffix t or ti. Cognates include Lithuanian naktìs, Old Prussian naktin (accusative), Sudovian nakt, Old Church Slavonic нощь (noštĭ), Russian ночь (nočʹ), Belarusian ноч (noč), Ukrainian ніч (nič), Bulgarian нощ (nošt), Czech, Polish noc, Proto-Germanic *nahts (Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts), Old High German naht, Old English niht, German Nacht, English night, Old Norse nátt, Swedish natt), Hittite nekut- (“evening”), Sanskrit नक्ति (náktis) (nominative), Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), genitive νυκτός (nuktós), Latin nox, genitive noctis.[1]

• IPA^(key): [nakts]

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

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