svešiniece

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From svešs (death) +‎ -iniece, or svešinieks (stranger) +‎ -e (fem.) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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svešiniece f (5th declension)

  1. (female) stranger (unknown woman)
    Ievai kļuva aizvien karstāk: beidzot viņa redzēs vaigu vaigā Arvīda audžuvecākus, par kuriem tik daudz dzirdēts... kā tie uzņems svešinieci?Ieva felt hotter (= more nervous): finally she was going to see face to face Arvīds' foster parents, about whom she had heard so much... how would they react to this (female) stranger (= Ieva)?

Declension

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