Meaning of pusdiena | Babel Free

Definitions

1. midday, noon (the middle of the day, when the sun is highest, most distant from the horizon)
   declension-4
2. locative singular of pusdiena
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. noon, twelve o'clock (a moment in time, twelve hours after midnight)
   declension-4
4. midday nap, siesta
   declension-4, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“pret pusdienu”

toward, nearing noon

“patiesā pusdiena”

true noon (in astronomy, the exact moment of the sun's highest position)

“apskaties tak, cik augstu saule: drīz būs pusdiena”

look how high the sun is: soon it will be noon

“bija pusdienas laiks; saule atradās taisni virs galvas”

it was noon time; the sun was located right above (our) heads

“otra dienā līdz pusdienai Jancis jutās it labi, bet pēcpusdienā un pret vakaru galvas sāpes un karstums atkal pieņēmās”

“bet ko tu darīsi dzīves pusdienā?”

but what will you do in the noon of life (= i.e., the middle of life, when you are fully adult, no longer young, not yet old)

“pulksten divos pēc pusdienas”

at two (minutes) after twelve o'clock

“es palūkojos pulstenī: četri pēc pusdienas”

I looked at the clock: four (minutes) after twelve o'clock

“pusdienu gulēt”

to sleep the midday nap

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