svakinja

Slovene

Etymology

From svák +‎ -inja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋàːkinja/, /sʋáːkinja/
• Rhymes: -àːkinja, -áːkinja
• Hyphenation: sva‧ki‧nja

Noun

svākinja f (male equivalent svák)

1. sister-in-law (one's spouse's brother's or sister's wife or sister)
   • 2023 January 23, STA, Dušan Jelinčič / »O tigrovskem gibanju so pisali zgodovinarji, pisatelji pa še ne«‎^[1]:

     "Na srečo mu, tudi zaradi različnih amnestij s strani italijanske države - denimo poroka italijanskega kralja - ni bilo treba prestati vseh 20 let predpisane zaporne kazni. Pozneje je bil sicer še tri leta v italijanski konfinaciji. Tudi to je bil zanj zelo žalosten čas, saj mu je tik pred tem na porodu umrla žena, obenem pa ni mogel biti ob hčerkah, za kateri je skrb prevzela svakinja," je še poudrail.

     "Fortunately, also thanks to various amnesties granted by the Italian state - such as the marriage of the Italian king - he did not have to serve the full 20 years of his sentence. Later, he was in Italian confine for another three years. This was also a very sad time for him, as his wife had died in childbirth shortly before and he was unable to be with his daughters, who were being cared for by his sister-in-law," he stressed.

Declension

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	svākinja
gen. sing.	svākinje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	svākinja	svākinji	svākinje
genitive rodȋlnik	svākinje	svākinj	svākinj
dative dajȃlnik	svākinji	svākinjama	svākinjam
accusative tožȋlnik	svākinjo	svākinji	svākinje
locative mẹ̑stnik	svākinji	svākinjah	svākinjah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	svākinjo	svākinjama	svākinjami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	svākinja	svākinji	svākinje

Further reading

• “svakinja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “svakinja”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references