reizi

Reizi is a Latvian noun that denotes a single occurrence or instance of an event, and by extension a count of how many times something happens. In English, it is commonly translated as time or occasion. The word appears in everyday Latvian speech and writing and is frequently used in phrases that express frequency or order, most notably in the expression pirmo reizi, meaning for the first time. Latvian speakers may also use reizi with numerals or qualifiers to indicate multiple occurrences, and it participates in various idiomatic constructions that convey temporal sequencing or repetition. Grammatical forms of reizi change with case and number as is typical for Latvian nouns.

Beyond its ordinary use, reizi can appear as a proper noun in some contexts, such as surnames or place names, though those uses are separate from its common lexical meaning. As a Latvian term, reizi is primarily encountered in Baltic language contexts and is not widely used in other languages outside of scholarly or transliteration contexts. The concept it expresses—an occurrence or instance of an event—has parallel terms in other languages, such as English “time” in the sense of frequency, though direct one-to-one equivalence may depend on sentence structure. Overall, reizi functions as a core element of expressing temporal frequency in Latvian.