svešiniece

See also: svešiniecē

Latvian

From svešs (“death”) +‎ -iniece, or svešinieks (“stranger”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

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svešiniece f (5th declension)

(female) stranger (unknown woman)
Ievai kļuva aizvien karstāk: beidzot viņa redzēs vaigu vaigā Arvīda audžuvecākus, par kuriem tik daudz dzirdēts... kā tie uzņems svešinieci? ― Ieva felt hotter (= more nervous): finally she was going to see face to face Arvīds' foster parents, about whom she had heard so much... how would they react to this (female) stranger (= Ieva)?

Declension of svešiniece (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	svešiniece	svešinieces
accusative (akuzatīvs)	svešinieci	svešinieces
genitive (ģenitīvs)	svešinieces	svešinieču
dative (datīvs)	svešiniecei	svešiniecēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	svešinieci	svešiniecēm
locative (lokatīvs)	svešiniecē	svešiniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	svešiniece	svešinieces