Noun: pusnakts
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | pusnakts |
| Accusative | pusnakti |
| Genitive | pusnakts |
| Dative | pusnaktij |
| Instrumental | pusnakti |
| Locative | pusnaktī |
| Vocative | pusnakts |
Plural
| Nominative | pusnaktis |
| Accusative | pusnaktis |
| Genitive | pusnakšu |
| Dative | pusnaktīm |
| Instrumental | pusnaktīm |
| Locative | pusnaktīs |
| Vocative | pusnaktis |
Sample Sentences
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pusnakts stunda (midnight hour (= the middle of the night))
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patiesā pusnakts (true midnight (moment of sun's lowest point))
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vidēja pusnakts (average midnight (average moment of sun's lowest point))
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dzīres ievilkās pāri pusnaktij (the feast continued on after midnight)
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mēnesi varēja gaidīt tikai ap pusnakti (the moon could be seen only around midnight)
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par zemi baltās pusnakts klusums iet (over the earth, the white silence of midnight is going (around))
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vecais pulkstenis sit divpadsmit reižu... tātad: pusnakts (the old clock hit twelve times... therefore: (it's) midnight)
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trešajā naktī Andrejs bija sardzē no pusnakts līdz četriem (in the third night, Andrej was the night watch from midnight to four (o'clock a.m.))
Nouns inflected like pusnakts
izkapts,
spēļu kārts,
pusnakts,
diennakts,
ģints,
kārts,
cilts,
nakts,
telts,
jakts,
klēts,
krūts,
plīts,
blakts,
klints,
nots,
Etymology
From puse (“side, half”) + nakts (“night”).
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