rīt

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See also: rit, rît, riť, and řiť

Latgalian

Verb

rīt

  1. to bark

Latvian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Verb

rīt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present riju, rij, rij, past riju)

  1. to swallow, to gulp down
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the same source as rīts, perhaps originally as the adverbial form of a related adjective. The meaning changed from “in the (following) morning” to “tomorrow” (cf. a similar case in Spanish mañana).[1]

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Adverb

rīt

  1. tomorrow (in the day after today)
    rīt no rītatomorrow morning
    mans atvaļinājums ir beidzies... rīt atkal jābūt darbāmy vacation is over... tomorrow (I) will have to be at work again
    kad Lita rīt atvērs acis, vectēvs un tēvs būs tālu jūrāwhen Lita opens her eyes tomorrow, grandfather and father will be far away at sea
  2. (by extension) in the near future
    stiprāki pamati, drošāki tilti, straujākas mašīnas jārada rīt!stronger fundaments, safer bridges, faster machines must be created tomorrow!
Usage notes

Rīt is an adverb, meaning “tomorrow,” whereas rītdiena is a noun, meaning “(the day of) tomorrow.” Rīts, on the other hand, is a noun, meaning “morning.” The corresponding locative rītā can mean both “in the morning” (more frequently: no rīta) and “tomorrow” (more frequently: rīt).

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rīts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN