svakinja

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋàːkinja/, /sʋáːkinja/

Noun

svākinja f (male equivalent svák)

  1. sister-in-law (husband's sister)
    • 1996, Mojca Ravnik, Bratje, sestre, strnièi, zermani: družina in sorodstvo v vaseh v Slovenski Istri‎:
      Svak, svakinja, konjado, konjà, konjada, diver, zava: Po vsem obravnavanem območju in najbolj splošno velja, da sta v rabi v novejšem času, vendar pa so npr. v Zazidu povedali, da je svak stara beseda.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. svákinja
gen. sing. svákinje
singular dual plural
nominative svákinja svákinji svákinje
accusative svákinjo svákinji svákinje
genitive svákinje svákinj svákinj
dative svákinji svákinjama svákinjam
locative svákinji svákinjah svákinjah
instrumental svákinjo svákinjama svákinjami

Further reading
  • “svakinja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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