pusdiena

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Latvian

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Pusdiena

Etymology

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From puse (side, half) +‎ diena (day).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pusdiena f (4th declension)

  1. midday, noon (the middle of the day, when the sun is highest, most distant from the horizon)
    pret pusdienutoward, nearing noon
    patiesā pusdienatrue noon (in astronomy, the exact moment of the sun's highest position)
    apskaties tak, cik augstu saule: drīz būs pusdienalook how high the sun is: soon it will be noon
    bija pusdienas laiks; saule atradās taisni virs galvasit 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)
  2. noon, twelve o'clock (a moment in time, twelve hours after midnight)
    pulksten divos pēc pusdienasat two (minutes) after twelve o'clock
    es palūkojos pulstenī: četri pēc pusdienasI looked at the clock: four (minutes) after twelve o'clock
  3. (rare) midday nap, siesta
    pusdienu gulētto sleep the midday nap

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