nāviniece

See also: nāviniecē

Latvian

Etymology

From nāve (“death”) +‎ -niece, or nāvinieks (“one condemned to death”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

Pronunciation

Noun

nāviniece f (5th declension, masculine form: nāvinieks)

  1. (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
Declension of nāviniece (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) nāviniece nāvinieces
accusative (akuzatīvs) nāvinieci nāvinieces
genitive (ģenitīvs) nāvinieces nāvinieču
dative (datīvs) nāviniecei nāviniecēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) nāvinieci nāviniecēm
locative (lokatīvs) nāviniecē nāviniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs) nāviniece nāvinieces
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