Latvian

Noun

diena f (4th declension)

1. day

Declension

Antonyms

• nakts

Derived terms

• diennakts
• labdien, labdiena
• rītdiena, parītdiena
• šodiena, šodien, todien
• vakardiena, aizvakardiena

See also

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

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• (Samogitian) dėina

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dein- (oblique stem *din-); compare Latvian dìena, Old Prussian deinan (acc. sg.), Proto-Slavic *dьnь. The ablaut in Balto-Slavic suggests an original Proto-Indo-European n-stem *déy-n- (genitive *din-és "day");^[1] compare Old Irish denus ‎(“period of time”), Sanskrit मध्यन्दिन ‎(madhyáṃdina-, “midday”), Latin nūndina ‎(“market day”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(sinteins, “always, daily”). The root *dey- is also seen in diẽvas ‎(“god”); see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲiəˈnɐ/

Noun

dienà f ‎(plural diẽnos) stress pattern 4

1. day, daytime (period of sunlight)

   Rudeñs lygiãdienis yrà dienà po kuriõs naktìs tam̃pa trumpèsnė už diẽną. - The autumn equinox is the day after which the nights become longer than the days.

2. day (a measurement of time equal to twenty-four hours)
3. day (calendar date)

   rugsė́jo dvýlikta dienà - September 12 (the twelfth day of September)

   mótinos dienà

4. (chiefly in the plural) day, time (period, era)

   Atė̃jo suñkios mū̃sų krãštui diẽnos. - A hard time has come for our country.

Synonyms

• (twenty-four hours): para
• (calendar date): d.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• dievas
• diemedis

References

1. ↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 27898 1, page 127