sieviete
See also: sievietē
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]From sieva (“wife, woman”) + -iete. First attested in the 19th century, apparently coined by analogy with vīrietis (“man”) (compare an original variant sievietis) as sieva gradually shifted its basic meaning to “wife”.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]sieviete f (5th declension)
- woman (a human being of the female sex)
- sieviešu dzimte ― the female sex, gender
- jauna, veca sievete ― young, old woman
- neprecējusies sieviete ― unmarried woman
- sieviešu koris ― women's choir
- sievietes higinēa ― female higiene
- sieviešu jautājumi ― women's issues
- sieviešu kustība ― women's movement
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sieviete | sievietes |
| genitive | sievietes | sieviešu |
| dative | sievietei | sievietēm |
| accusative | sievieti | sievietes |
| instrumental | sievieti | sievietēm |
| locative | sievietē | sievietēs |
| vocative | sieviete | sievietes |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sieva”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN