svainība
See also: svainībā
Latvian
Etymology
From svainis (“brother-in-law”) + -ība.
Pronunciation
Noun
svainība f (4th declension)
- kinship relation between brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law
- mūs ar bijušo zemes īpašnieu saista tikai svainība, tad zemi kā mantojumu saņemt nevaram ― we were linked to the previous owner of the land only by a brother-in-law relation, so we cannot get the land as (our) property
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | svainība | — |
| genitive | svainības | — |
| dative | svainībai | — |
| accusative | svainību | — |
| instrumental | svainību | — |
| locative | svainībā | — |
| vocative | svainība | — |