stāstniece

See also: stāstniecē

Latvian

Etymology

From stāsts (“story”) +‎ -niece, or stāstnieks (“story writer, storyteller”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

Noun

stāstniece f (5th declension, masculine form: stāstnieks)

  1. (female) story writer
    “stāstu bibliotēku” seminārā meistarklasi vadīs stāstniece no Spānijas ― a (female) writer from Spain gave a master class at the “library of stories” seminar
  2. (female) storyteller
    stāstniece, viņa vecmāmiņa, bija varena, patiešām spoža ― the storyteller, his grandmother, was powerful, really brilliant

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