dzīvesbiedre

Latvian

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Etymology

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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Noun

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 republikā ― also 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 dēlu ― in Mareņi there had never been such honor: to receive the MP's wife and his son

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