rytas

See also: Rytas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rīˀtás, likely continuing Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH- (“flowth, raise”) + *-tós. From the same root, but via different extensions, descend Proto-Slavic *rěka (“river”), Latin rīvus (“river”), Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”). The meaning probably went from “to flow, to pass” to “morning” through the idea of the time when the day starts to flow, to pass (or maybe the idea of the sun rising up at daybreak). Cognates include Latvian rīts, Old Church Slavonic ристати (ristati, “to move hastly back-and-forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾʲiːtɐs]

Noun

rýtas m (plural rytaĩ) stress pattern 3

1. morning

Declension

Declension of rýtas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	rýtas	rytaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	rýto	rytų̃
dative (naudininkas)	rýtui	rytáms
accusative (galininkas)	rýtą	rýtus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	rýtu	rytaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	rytè	rytuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	rýte	rytaĩ

Related terms

• riedė́ti (“to roll”)
• ráimas, ráinas (“streaked”)
• ráivas (“gray, motley”), ráibas (“variegarted, speckled”)

References

• “rytas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “rytas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012