nabadze

See also: nabadzē

Latvian

From nabags (“poor man”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

nabadze f (5th declension, masculine form: nabags)

poor woman (woman who cannot provide for herself and lives from the charity of others)
viena nabadze notupusies ierīvēja otrai baso kāju ― one squatting poor woman was rubbing another (poor woman)'s bare leg

kaut kā Veronika jāsapurina, lai neizturas pati savā istabā kā nabadze durvju priekšā ― somehow Veronika must cheer up, so that she doesn't behave in her own hoom like a poor woman at the door

Declension of nabadze (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	nabadze	nabadzes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	nabadzi	nabadzes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	nabadzes	nabadžu
dative (datīvs)	nabadzei	nabadzēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	nabadzi	nabadzēm
locative (lokatīvs)	nabadzē	nabadzēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	nabadze	nabadzes