diennakts

Latvian

Etymology

From diena (“day”) +‎ nakts (“night”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dìɛnnakts]
(file)

Noun

diennakts f (6th declension)

  1. day (an entire period of 24 hours comprising a day and a night)
    diennakts vidējā temperatūra ― daily average temperature
    divas diennaktis ilgs brauciens ― a two-day (long) trip
    ierasties pēc trīm diennaktīm ― to arrive in three days
    diennaktī saražotās produkcijas daudzums ― the amount of production per day
    diennakts ir vissenākā mēra vienība ― the day is the oldest (time) measurment unit
    stacija vienā diennaktī var apkalpot 200 000 cilvēku ― the (train) statioin can serve 200,000 people in one day
    ja mēs pārmaiņus airējam un stundā nobraucam divas jūdzes, tad pēc astoņam diennaktīm esam tur ― if we alternate rowing and (manage to) travel two miles in an hour, then after eight days we will be there

Declension
Declension of diennakts (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) diennakts diennaktis
accusative (akuzatīvs) diennakti diennaktis
genitive (ģenitīvs) diennakts diennakšu
dative (datīvs) diennaktij diennaktīm
instrumental (instrumentālis) diennakti diennaktīm
locative (lokatīvs) diennaktī diennaktīs
vocative (vokatīvs) diennakts diennaktis

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.