Meaning of sieva | Babel Free

Definitions

1. wife (married woman; woman with respect to her husband)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of sieva
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. woman
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“vīrs un sieva”

husband and wife

“nolūkot sievu”

to look for a wife

“ņemt, apņemt sievu”

to take a wife (= to get married)

“sievas vecāki”

wife's parents

“viņa jau divus gadus ir sieva”

she has been a wife for two years

“viņam nav sievas”

he doesn't have a wife

“sievu koris”

women's choir

“tirgus sieva”

market woman (who sells at the market)

“istabā ienāca kāda sieva”

some woman came into the room

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