bārenis
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bārs (“lonely”) + -enis, possibly originally a diminutive form.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bārenis m (2nd declension, female equivalent bārene)
- (male) orphan (a boy who has lost one or both parents)
- apaļš bārenis ― full orphan (one who lost both parents)
- kļūt bārenim ― to become an orphan
- bāreņu aizbildnis ― orphan guardian
- pierādīt vajag, ka ir apaļš bārenis, ne tēva, ne mātes ― (he) needs to prove that he is a full orphan without father and mother
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bārenis | bāreņi |
| genitive | bāreņa | bāreņu |
| dative | bārenim | bāreņiem |
| accusative | bāreni | bāreņus |
| instrumental | bāreni | bāreņiem |
| locative | bārenī | bāreņos |
| vocative | bāreni | bāreņi |
Synonyms
[edit]- bāra bērns, bārabērns
- (rare term) bāris
Related terms
[edit]- (poetic) bārs
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “bāris”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN