nāviniece
See also: nāviniecē
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nāve (“death”) + -niece, or nāvinieks (“one condemned to death”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]nāviniece f (5th declension, male equivalent)
- (woman) condemned to death
- viņa gulēja gandrīz kā nāviniece: ārsts izrakstīja visādas zāles, likām kompreses... bet labāk nepalika ― she was sleeping almost as a woman condemned to death: the doctor prescribed all kinds of medicines, we applied compresses... but she didn't get (any) better
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nāviniece | nāvinieces |
| genitive | nāvinieces | nāvinieču |
| dative | nāviniecei | nāviniecēm |
| accusative | nāvinieci | nāvinieces |
| instrumental | nāvinieci | nāviniecēm |
| locative | nāviniecē | nāviniecēs |
| vocative | nāviniece | nāvinieces |