vecene

See also: vecenē

Latvian

Vecene.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

vecene f (5th declension, male equivalent vecis)

  1. 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
  2. (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

Declension of vecene (5th)
singular plural
nominative vecene vecenes
genitive vecenes veceņu
dative vecenei vecenēm
accusative veceni vecenes
instrumental veceni vecenēm
locative vecenē vecenēs
vocative vecene vecenes

Synonyms