ciemiņš

Latvian

Etymology

From ciems (village), with an old suffix *-in (not a diminutive); the original meaning was probably “village dweller” (cf. Latin vīcus (group of houses, neighborhood, village), vīcīnus (neighbor)).[1]

Noun

ciemiņš m, 1st declension

  1. guest, visitor
    gaidīts ciemiņš — expected guest
    negaidīti, necerēti ciemiņi — unexpected guests
    neaicināts ciemiņš — uninvited guest
    lūgt, uzņemt ciemiņus — to invite, to receive guests

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.
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