Latvian

Noun

vidū m

1. locative singular form of vidus

Adverb

vidū

1. in the middle (located in a central position, approximately at the same distance from all sides, edges, extremities)

   vidū pārlūzis zars‎ ― in the middle (of the tree) a branch broke

   Zviedrijā aizvien biežāk sāk veidot mākslīgos ezeriņus lietus un sniega kušanas ūdeņu uzkrāšanai; vidū izveido saliņas: tur putni var perēt un audzēt mazuļus‎ ― In Sweden, (they) are increasingly often building little artificial lakes to accumulate water from rain and snow melting; in the middle, (they) make little islands: there the birds can nest and raise their offspring

   reālskolas atrodas it kā vidū starp ģimnāzijām un vispārizglītojošām skolām‎ ― the real schools are as if in the middle between highschools and comprehensive schools

2. (dated, used as a preposition with dative or genitive) in the middle of, in mid-

   vidū gaisa lidojot‎ ― flying in mid-air

   no kurienes tu atskani vidū ziemas... zemesvēzīša balss?‎ ― from where do you sound in mid-winter... (oh) mole-cricket's voice?

Usage notes

Instead of the old prepositional uses, vidū as the locative case of vidus ‎(“middle”) can be also placed after a noun in the genitive, almost as a postposition; e.g., meža vidū “in the middle of the forest.”

Synonyms

• starpā