svaine

See also: svainē

Latvian[edit]

From svainis (“brother-in-law”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

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svaine f (5th declension)

sister-in-law (one's wife's sister or one's husband's sister; also, one's brother's wife, or one's husband's brother's wife)
tā nav ne mana, ne mana brāļa māja, tā ir mums abiem kopīga... bet kad es apprecēšos, es vairs negribēšu iet svaines virtuvē ― this is neither my nor my brother's house, this is our common (house)... but when I get married, I won't want to go to my sister-in-law's kitchen anymore

Declension of svaine (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	svaine	svaines
accusative (akuzatīvs)	svaini	svaines
genitive (ģenitīvs)	svaines	svaiņu
dative (datīvs)	svainei	svainēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	svaini	svainēm
locative (lokatīvs)	svainē	svainēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	svaine	svaines