nabadze

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

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

1. 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

• nabadzīte

• nabadzība
• nabadzināt
• nabadzīgs

• ubags, ubadze