Meaning of svainis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1

[svâjnis]

Definitions

brother-in-law (one's wife's brother or one's husband's brother; also, one's sister's husband, or one's wife's sister's husband)

declension-2, masculine

English brother-in-law

“tev pašam māsa un svainis strādā kaut kur kolhozā”

your very sister and brother-in-law work somewhere in a collective farm

“Līzbetei daudz radu nebija... pilnīgi cerams, ka svainis Līdaks ar māsu Gerdu bērēs nebūs”

Līzbete didn't have many relatives... it can certainly be hoped that (her) brother-in-law Līdaks and (her) sister Gerda won't be at the funeral

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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