svainiene

See also: svainienē

Latvian edit

From svainis (“brother-in-law”) +‎ -iene (“fem.”).

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svainiene f (5th declension)

sister-in-law (one's wife's sister or one's husband's sister; also, one's brother's wife, or one's husband's brother's wife)
“vēl nesen biju aizbraucis pat uz savu veco ciemu...” “tur pie brāļa sievas?” “tur, jā, bet svainieni nesatiku” ― “I even recently went to my old village...” “there, at your brother's wife's (house)?” “yes, there, but I didn't meet my sister-in-law”

Declension of svainiene (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	svainiene	svainienes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	svainieni	svainienes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	svainienes	svainieņu
dative (datīvs)	svainienei	svainienēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	svainieni	svainienēm
locative (lokatīvs)	svainienē	svainienēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	svainiene	svainienes