svakinja
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Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
svākinja f (male equivalent svák)
- sister-in-law (husband's sister)
- 1996, Mojca Ravnik, Bratje, sestre, strnièi, zermani: družina in sorodstvo v vaseh v Slovenski Istri:
- Svak, svakinja, konjado, konjà, konjada, diver, zava: Po vsem obravnavanem območju in najbolj splošno velja, da sta v rabi v novejšem času, vendar pa so npr. v Zazidu povedali, da je svak stara beseda.
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Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | svákinja | ||
| gen. sing. | svákinje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
svákinja | svákinji | svákinje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
svákinje | svákinj | svákinj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
svákinji | svákinjama | svákinjam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
svákinjo | svákinji | svákinje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
svákinji | svákinjah | svákinjah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
svákinjo | svákinjama | svákinjami |
Further reading
- “svakinja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024