nāvinieks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nāve (“death”) + -inieks.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]nāvinieks m (1st declension, feminine form: nāviniece)
- (man) condemned to death
- nāvinieku kamera ― death row (lit. cell of those condemned to death)
- uzraugi slēdza vaļā blakus kameras durvis... tā bija nāvinieku kamera, pēdējā pajumte pirms aiziešanas beigu gaitā ― the guards closed the cell door... it was the cell of those condemned to death, the last shelter before going beyond the end of the course
- koncentrācijas nometnē Mežaparkā atrada divus uzrakstus, ko ilgi nevarēja saburtot... vēlāk noskaidrojās, ka nāvinieku sveicieni rakstīti ungāriski! ― in the concentration camp in Mežaparks (they) found two inscription that they couldn't decipher for a long time... later it became clear that (the inscriptions) were greetings to those condemned to death, written in Hungarian!
- a man who is threatened by death, who is going to die; someone (e.g., a soldier) who knowingly performs a task involving his own death or a considerable risk of dying
- te bija nocietinājušies vācu fašistiskie nāvinieki, kuri fanātiski pildīja fīrera pavēli: ne soli atpakaļ ― here were the hardened German fascist death batallions, who fanatically carried out the Führer's orders: not a step back!
Declension
[edit]Declension of nāvinieks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | nāvinieks | nāvinieki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | nāvinieku | nāviniekus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | nāvinieka | nāvinieku |
| dative (datīvs) | nāviniekam | nāviniekiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | nāvinieku | nāviniekiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | nāviniekā | nāviniekos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | nāviniek | nāvinieki |