Meaning of sencis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ancestor (ancient relatives, e.g., the originators of an ethnic group, a clan, a family)
   declension-2, masculine, plural-normally
2. ancestor (species of plants or animals from an earlier time period, from which modern species have evolved)
   declension-2, masculine
3. parents (syn. vecāki)
   colloquial, declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“tāli senči”

distant ancestors

“dzimtas senči”

(family, clan) ancestors

“senču dievi”

ancestral gods

“senču kults”

ancestor worship

“zirga sencis”

the ancestor of the horse

“putnu senči”

the ancestors of the birds

“dzīvot uz senču rēķina”

to live at (one's) parents' expense

CEFR level