ārzemniece

See also: ārzemniecē

Latvian

Etymology

From ārzemes (“foreign lands”) +‎ -iniece (with ārzemes from ārs (“outside”) +‎ zemes (“lands”)), or ārzemnieks (“foreigner”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of k to c, and with).

Noun

ārzemniece f (5th declension, masculine form: ārzemnieks)

  1. a (female) foreigner (a woman from a foreign country)
    ja ārzemniece brauc ciemos... ― if a foreign (woman) came to visit...
    spermas bankas Latvijā izmanto arī ārzemnieces - sperm banks in Latvia are used also by foreign women

Declension
Declension of ārzemniece (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ārzemniece ārzemnieces
accusative (akuzatīvs) ārzemnieci ārzemnieces
genitive (ģenitīvs) ārzemnieces ārzemnieču
dative (datīvs) ārzemniecei ārzemniecēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) ārzemnieci ārzemniecēm
locative (lokatīvs) ārzemniecē ārzemniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs) ārzemniece ārzemnieces
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