Latgalian

Noun

nakts f

1. night

Latvian

Nakts

Etymology

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 नक्त ‎(naktam) (accusative), Ancient Greek νύξ ‎(núx), genitive νυκτός ‎(nuktós), Latin nox, genitive noctis.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nakts]

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

Derived terms

See also

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

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “nakts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7