[nakts]
CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
- declension-6, femininenight (time period from sunset to sunrise, from evening to morning)
“vēla nakts” — late night
“dziļa nakts” — deep night
“gara, īsa nakts” — long, short night
- declension-6, femininenight (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
- declension-6, feminineat 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
- declension-6, femininenight, nocturnal (typical of, happening during, active during, this time period)
“nakts vilciens” — night train
“nakts dežūra” — night hours
“nakts maiņa, naktsmaiņa” — night shift
- declension-6, feminine, figurativelynight (time period during which negative circumstances prevail)
“fašisma nakts” — the night of fascism
- declension-6, femininenight, 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
Formasnakts(nominative, singular) · naktis(nominative, plural) · nakts(genitive, singular) · nakšu(genitive, plural) · naktij(dative, singular) · naktīm(dative, plural) · nakti(accusative, singular) · naktis(accusative, plural) · nakti(instrumental, singular) · naktīm(instrumental, plural) · naktī(locative, singular) · naktīs(locative, plural) · nakts(singular, vocative) · naktis(plural, vocative)