# nakts
## Latgalian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognates include Latvian nakts and Lithuanian naktis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnakt͡s]
* Hyphenation: nakts

### Noun

nakts f (diminutive naksneņa)
* night

#### Declension
### References

* M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 378

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nakts]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nakts f (6th declension)
* night (time period from sunset to sunrise, from evening to morning)
    vēla nakts ― late night
    dziļa nakts ― deep night
    gara, īsa nakts ― long, short night
    pavadīt nakti teltī ― to spend the night in a tent
    zvaigžņota nakts ― starry night
    nakts debesis ― night sky
    nakts mākoņi ― night clouds
    nakts tumsa ― night darkness
    tumšs kā naktī ― dark like at night
    melns kā nakts ― black like the night (= very black; gloomy)
    uz nakti, uz naktsguļu ― overnight
    nakts no sestdienas uz svētdienu ― night from Saturday to Sunday
    mūžīga nakts ― eternal night (= death)
    strādāt dienām un naktīm, dienu un nakti ― to work day and night
    vakara sārtums pamazām nodziest... nu jau ir pilnīga nakts ― the evening redness gradually disappears... now it is full night
    nakts klusumā skarbi iečīkstējās durvis ― in the silence of the night the door creaked harshly
* night (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
    pirmā nakts ― wedding night (lit. first night, when the marriage is consummated)
* (in the accusative) at 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
* (in the genitive, used adjectivally) night, nocturnal (typical of, happening during, active during, this time period)
    nakts vilciens ― night train
    nakts dežūra ― night hours
    nakts maiņa, naktsmaiņa ― night shift
    nakts redzamība ― night, noctural visibility
    nakts dzīvnieki, kukaiņi ― nocturnal animals, insects
    nakts puķes ― night flowers
    nakts pastaiga ― night walk
    nakts miers ― night quiet, peace
    nakts miegs ― night sleep
    nakts salna ― night frost
    nakts lampa, naktslampa ― night lamp
    vagonā jau ieslēgts nakts apgaismojums ― the night lights are already on in the rail car
* (figuratively) night (time period during which negative circumstances prevail)
    fašisma nakts ― the night of fascism
* night, 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

#### Derived terms

* arlabunakti
* diennakts
* naksnīgs
* nakšņot, pārnakšņot
* pusnakts
* šonakt, tonakt

#### See also

* Times of day (diennakts daļas): ausma/rītausma - rīts - priekšpusdiena - pusdiena - pēcpusdiena - vakars - krēsla - nakts - pusnakts

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nakts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN