diennakts

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dìɛnnakts]
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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 plural
nominative diennakts diennaktis
genitive diennakts diennakšu
dative diennaktij diennaktīm
accusative diennakti diennaktis
instrumental diennakti diennaktīm
locative diennaktī diennaktīs
vocative diennakts diennaktis

See also

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