pusnakts – Latvian noun declension

Latvian noun forms of pusnakts

Noun: pusnakts
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominativepusnakts
Accusativepusnakti
Genitivepusnakts
Dativepusnaktij
Instrumentalpusnakti
Locativepusnaktī
Vocativepusnakts

Plural

Nominativepusnaktis
Accusativepusnaktis
Genitivepusnakšu
Dativepusnaktīm
Instrumentalpusnaktīm
Locativepusnaktīs
Vocativepusnaktis

Sample Sentences

  • pusnakts stunda (midnight hour (= the middle of the night))
  • patiesā pusnakts (true midnight (moment of sun's lowest point))
  • vidēja pusnakts (average midnight (average moment of sun's lowest point))
  • dzīres ievilkās pāri pusnaktij (the feast continued on after midnight)
  • mēnesi varēja gaidīt tikai ap pusnakti (the moon could be seen only around midnight)
  • par zemi baltās pusnakts klusums iet (over the earth, the white silence of midnight is going (around))
  • vecais pulkstenis sit divpadsmit reižu... tātad: pusnakts (the old clock hit twelve times... therefore: (it's) midnight)
  • 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.))

Etymology

From puse (“side, half”) + nakts (“night”).

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