rīt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rit"

Latgalian

Verb

rīt

  1. to bark

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rīːt]

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]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rîːt]

Adverb

rīt

  1. tomorrow (in the day after today)
    rīt no rīta ― tomorrow morning
    mans atvaļinājums ir beidzies... rīt atkal jābūt darbā ― my vacation is over... tomorrow (I) will have to be at work again
    kad Lita rīt atvērs acis, vectēvs un tēvs būs tālu jūrā ― when 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
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