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 plural
nominative nāviniece nāvinieces
genitive nāvinieces nāvinieču
dative nāviniecei nāviniecēm
accusative nāvinieci nāvinieces
instrumental nāvinieci nāviniecēm
locative nāviniecē nāviniecēs
vocative nāviniece nāvinieces
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