Meaning of nakts | Babel Free
[nakts]Definitions
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night (time period from sunset to sunrise, from evening to morning) declension-6, feminine
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night (the same time period, in relation to a certain event or holiday) declension-6, feminine
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at night (during that time period) declension-6, feminine
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night, nocturnal (typical of, happening during, active during, this time period) declension-6, feminine
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night (time period during which negative circumstances prevail) declension-6, feminine, figuratively
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night, dark (the darkness typical of this time period) declension-6, feminine
Equivalents
Examples
“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
“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)
“dzirnavās nakti bija dzīres: velni dejoja ar raganām”
at the mill, durning the night, there was a feast: devils danced with witches
“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
“fašisma nakts”
the night of fascism
“muguru pagriezusi, viņa stāvēja pie loga un skatījās nakti”
turning around, she stood by the window and looked at the night
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
See also
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