draudzine

Latgalian

Etymology

From draugs (“friend”) +‎ -ine. Akin to Latvian draudzene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdràu̯d͡zʲinʲæ]
• Hyphenation: drau‧dzi‧ne

Noun

draudzine f (diminutive draudzineite)

1. female friend, girlfriend

Declension

Declension of draudzine (type 5 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	draudzine	draudzinis, draudzines1)
genitive	draudzinis, draudzines1)	draudziņu
dative	draudzinei	draudzinem, draudziņom1)
accusative	draudzini	draudzinis, draudzines1)
instrumental	draudzini	draudzinem, draudziņom1)
locative	draudzinē, draudzinī1)	draudzinēs, draudziņuos1)
vocative	draudzine, draudziņ	draudzinis, draudzines1)
1) dialectal

Hypernyms

• draugs (“friend”)

References

• A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 11