dieveris

Latvian

Noun

dieveris m

1. brother-in-law (the brother of one's husband)

See also

• svainis

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr. Cognate with Russian де́верь (déverʹ), Sanskrit देवर (devara).

Pronunciation

• (dieverìs) IPA^(key): /dʲɪɛvʲɛˈrʲɪs/

Noun

dieveri̇̀s m (plural di̇́everys) stress pattern 3^a or di̇́everis m stress pattern 1

1. brother-in-law (the brother of one's husband)

Declension

(3^a)

Declension of dieveri̇̀s

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	dieveri̇̀s	di̇́everys
genitive (kilmininkas)	dieveriẽs	dieverių̃
dative (naudininkas)	di̇́everiui	dieveri̇̀ms
accusative (galininkas)	di̇́everį	di̇́everis
instrumental (įnagininkas)	dieverimi̇̀	dieverimi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	dieveryjè	dieverysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	dieveriẽ	di̇́everys

Related terms

• dieverienė (the wife of one's brother-in-law (husband's brother))

See also

• brolienė (the wife of one's brother)
• moša (the sister of one's husband)
• svainė (the sister of one's wife), (the wife of one's brother), (the wife of one's spouse's brother)
• svainis (the brother of one's spouse), (the husband of one's sister), (the husband of one's spouse's sister)