veča

See also: veca, vecā, večā, véča, and Veca

Latvian

From vecis.

veča m

From vecis (“old man”) +‎ -a (“fem.”).

veča f (4th declension, masculine form: vecis)

(colloquial, often pejorative) old woman
veča aplūkoja muguru ― the old woman looked back

vīriem ar ziemeļbriežiem brauca medībās un zvejā, sievas ar bērniem un viena veča uzturēja uguni pavardos ― the husbands with the reindeer went hunting and fishing, the wives with the children and one old woman kept the fire in the hearth