pusnakts

Latvian

Pusnakts (2)

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

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pusnakts f (6th declension)

midnight (the middle of the night, when the sun is at its lowest point under the horizon)
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)
midnight (a moment in time, 24:00 or 00:00)
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.)

Declension of pusnakts (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pusnakts	pusnaktis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pusnakti	pusnaktis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pusnakts	pusnakšu
dative (datīvs)	pusnaktij	pusnaktīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pusnakti	pusnaktīm
locative (lokatīvs)	pusnaktī	pusnaktīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	pusnakts	pusnaktis