sieviete
See also: sievietē
Latvian
Sievietes
Etymology
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]
Noun
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
Declension of sieviete (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sieviete | sievietes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sievieti | sievietes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sievietes | sieviešu |
| dative (datīvs) | sievietei | sievietēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sievieti | sievietēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sievietē | sievietēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sieviete | sievietes |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sieva”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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