svainība

See also: svainībā

Latvian

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

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svainība f (4th declension)

kinship relation between brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law
mūs ar bijušo zemes īpašnieu saista tikai svainība, tad zemi kā mantojumu saņemt nevaram ― we were linked to the previous owner of the land only by a brother-in-law relation, so we cannot get the land as (our) property

Declension of svainība (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	svainība	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	svainību	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	svainības	—
dative (datīvs)	svainībai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	svainību	—
locative (lokatīvs)	svainībā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	svainība	—