vecene

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See also: vecenē

Latvian

Vecene.

Etymology

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

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Noun

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

  1. 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
  2. (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

Declension

Declension of vecene (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vecene vecenes
accusative (akuzatīvs) veceni vecenes
genitive (ģenitīvs) vecenes veceņu
dative (datīvs) vecenei vecenēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) veceni vecenēm
locative (lokatīvs) vecenē vecenēs
vocative (vokatīvs) vecene vecenes

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia