rīt

rīt

1. to bark

• IPA^(key): [rīːt]

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

1. to swallow, to gulp down

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]

• IPA^(key): [rîːt]

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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!

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).

• rītā

• vakar

• aizparīt
• parīt, parīts, parītdiena
• rītdiena

• rīts