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Lithuanian
Etymology
Feminine form of sváinis (“brother-in-law”). Cognate with Latvian svaine (“sister-in-law”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
sváinė f (plural sváinės, masculine sváinis) stress pattern 1[2]
- sister-in-law
Declension
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “svainis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
- ^ “svainė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024