vecene

See also: vecenē

Latvian

From vecis (“old man”) +‎ -ene (“fem.”), or possibly directly from vecs (“old”) +‎ -ene (“fem.”).

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vecene f (5th declension, masculine form: vecis)

old woman; also ugly, evil woman
runīga vecene ― talkative old woman

dullā vecene! ― (you) crazy old woman!

liela, līka, sirma vecene patlaban trieca Bites lopus laukā no Brīviņu pļavas ― a big, curved, gray-haired old woman has just chased Bite's cattle from the Briviņi meadows to the field
(colloquial) wife
tik tīrīga sievišķa kā mana vecene tu tāpat neatradīsi ― so neat and feminine (a woman) as my wife you just will not find