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galvas utis apmetas cilvēka matos; pie matiem tās pielīmē savas oliņas - gnīdas ― head lice settle on human hair; and by that hair they stick their eggs: nits
vārīja ilgi un teica, ka nu vairs neviena gnīda dzīva nebūšot palikusi ― she boiled (the clothes) for a long time and (then) said that not a single living nit had remained
tas bijis turpat kaimiņa saimnieks, īsts gnīda ― that had been the neighbor, a true nit (= despicable person)
“tu mani te nebaidi, gnīda!” tēvocis izkliedza ― “so you're not afraid of me here, you maggot!” (his) uncle shouted
Usage notes
In the sense of "nit", gnīda is always feminine; in the sense of "despicable person", however, it is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is gnīdam when it refers to a male and gnīdai when it refers to a female.
