zeņķis

Borrowed from Middle Low German sönke (“son (dim.”) (also sänke), borrowed in parallel to zēns from the non-diminutive form söhn, sȫne.^[1]

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zeņķis m (2nd declension)

1. (colloquial) boy (male child, especially of school age; also, male adolescent)

   viņa priekšā izauga apaļīgs puišelis, tēva pusdrauga Zigmāra dēls... “Ikar, pagaidi!” sauca zeņķis ― in front of him (there) appeared a round (= plump) little boy, the son of an acquaintance of father's, Zigmārs... “Ikars, wait!” the boy shouted

2. (colloquial) young man, guy

   tos zeņķus gan tu, Matīs, esi pagalam nomocījis ― those guys, Matīs, you have really harassed them

• (of "male child"): puika, puisēns, puisītis, zēns
• (of "young man"): jaunietis, jauneklis, puika, puisis

• (antonym(s) of “of "male child"”): meitene, meitenīte, skuķēns
• (antonym(s) of “of "young man"”): meita, meitene, skuķis, skuķe