ķēniņiene

See also: ķēniņienē

Latvian

From ķēniņš (“king”) +‎ -iene.

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ķēniņiene m (1st declension, masculine form: ķēniņš)

(dated) queen (the female monarch of a kingdom; the wife of a king)
ziema nu valdīja kā īsta ķēniņiene ― winter now ruled like a real queen

Esi tādēļ tu mans ķēniņš, es būšu tava ķēniņiene ― be now my king, (and) I will be your queen

Except for a few expressions, ķēniņiene has mostly been replaced by its synonym karaliene in current usage.

Declension of ķēniņiene (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ķēniņiene	ķēniņienes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ķēniņieni	ķēniņienes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ķēniņienes	ķēniņieņu
dative (datīvs)	ķēniņienei	ķēniņienēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ķēniņieni	ķēniņienēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ķēniņienē	ķēniņienēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	ķēniņiene	ķēniņienes