Meaning of rits | Babel Free
[ɾits]Definitions
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rite (a religious custom or ceremony; the specific details of this custom or ceremony) declension-1, masculine
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morning (time of day, roughly around sunrise; also, the time period from sunrise to noon) declension-1
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morning declension-1
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morning, dawn (the beginning or early phase of something) declension-1, figuratively
Examples
“komūnijas rits”
the rite of communion
“kristības rits”
the rite of baptism
“laulības rits”
the rite of marriage
“rīta debesis”
morning sky
“tumšs rīts”
dark morning
“agrs rīts”
early morning
“rīta krēsla”
morning twilight
“rīta rasa”
morning dew
“rīta cēliens”
morning period, time
“rīta zvaigzne”
morning star (= Venus)
“no rīta līdz vakaram”
from morning till night
“uz rīta pusi”
(going) toward morning
“rīta putns”
morning bird (= a person who wakes up early)
“rīta tualete”
morning washing (i.e., the act washing and brushing one's teeth in the morning)
“silts, mīlīgs rīts ausa augusta sākumā... saule vēl nebija lēkusi, jo gaismiņa tikko sāka svīst”
a warm, gentle morning dawned in early August... the sun had not yet risen, because the (early) light had just begun to appear
“tonakt man slikti nāca miegs... aizmigu tikai pret rīta pusi”
that night I had trouble sleeping... I fell asleep only (when it was going) towards morning
“rīta kurpes, rītakurpes”
slippers (lit. morning shoes)
“rīta svārki, rītasvārki”
gown, bathrobe (lit. morning coat)
“Edīte izraušas no gultas un apvilka rīta svārkus”
Edīte scrambled out of bed and put on her dressing gown
“dzīves rīts”
the morning (= first phase) of life
“jaunība ir dzīves rīts; tas ir laiks, kad cilvēks veidojas kā personība”
youth is the morning of life; that is the time when someone forms him/herself as a person
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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