nakts
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- night time period from sunset to sunrise, from evening to morning
- night the same time period, in relation to a certain event or holiday
- in the accusative at night during that time period
- in the genitive, used adjectivally night, nocturnal typical of, happening during, active during, this time period
- (figuratively) night time period during which negative circumstances prevail
- night, dark the darkness typical of this time period
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *naktís inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nókʷts
Gloss
night
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- niger Latin
- nigrum Latin
- noctem Latin
- noctula Latin
- nocturnus Latin
- nox Latin
- νύξ Ancient Greek
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- *nahts Proto-Germanic
- नक्त Sanskrit
- नक्ति Sanskrit
- *netopyřь Proto-Slavic
- *noťь Proto-Slavic
- arlabunakti Latvian
- diena Latvian
- diennakts Latvian
- laba Latvian
- naksnīgs Latvian
- puse Latvian
- pusnakts Latvian
- päev Estonian
- öö Estonian
- *noxs Proto-Celtic
- *aktúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nákts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- naktis Lithuanian
- *naktā Proto-Albanian
- *naktís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- pǟvaīe Livonian
- 𐬥𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬎 Avestan
- nakts Latgalian
- naktin Old Prussian