Latvian

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From dzīves (life[gen.]) +‎ biedre ((female) companion, comrade) (with biedre from biedrs (companion, comrade) +‎ -e (fem.), or from dzīvesbiedrs (companion, comrade) +‎ -e (fem.) (with dzīvesbiedrs from dzīves (life[gen.]) +‎ biedrs (companion, comrade)).

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dzīvesbiedre f (5th declension, masculine form: dzīvesbiedrs)

  1. wife (a female spouse, a married woman with reference to her husband)
    arī Vesmana dzīvesbiedre Maruta Hāba kādreiz bija viena no pirmajām traktoristēm republikāalso Vesmans' wife Maruta Hāba once was one of the first female tractor drivers in the (Latvian) republic
    Mareņos vēl nekad nav bijis tāds gods: uzņemt deputāta dzīvesbiedri un viņa dēluin Mareņi there had never been such honor: to receive the MP's wife and his son

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