vecene

See also: vecenē

Latvian

Vecene.

From vecis (“old man”) +‎ -ene (“fem.”), or possibly directly from vecs (“old”) +‎ -ene (“fem.”).

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vecene f (5th declension, masculine form: vecis)

old woman; also ugly, evil woman
runīga vecene ― talkative old woman

dullā vecene! ― (you) crazy old woman!

liela, līka, sirma vecene patlaban trieca Bites lopus laukā no Brīviņu pļavas ― a big, curved, gray-haired old woman has just chased Bite's cattle from the Briviņi meadows to the field
(colloquial) wife
tik tīrīga sievišķa kā mana vecene tu tāpat neatradīsi ― so neat and feminine (a woman) as my wife you just will not find

Declension of vecene (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vecene	vecenes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	veceni	vecenes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vecenes	veceņu
dative (datīvs)	vecenei	vecenēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	veceni	vecenēm
locative (lokatīvs)	vecenē	vecenēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	vecene	vecenes