Noun: vecis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | vecis |
| Accusative | veci |
| Genitive | veča |
| Dative | vecim |
| Instrumental | veci |
| Locative | vecī |
| Vocative | veci |
Plural
| Nominative | veči |
| Accusative | večus |
| Genitive | veču |
| Dative | večiem |
| Instrumental | večiem |
| Locative | večos |
| Vocative | veči |
Sample Sentences
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īgns vecis (grumbling old man)
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pagasta vecis, vecākais (parish elder)
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garš, izdilis, stiegrains vecis (tall, skinny, sinewy old man)
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viņa dēla rīcību pārstāstīja vēlreiz vecim (she told (her) son's actions once more to (her) old one, husband)
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jaunekļi mēdz savus vecākus lielīga žargonā saukt par senčiem vai večiem (young men tend to call their parents in their jargon ancient or old ones)
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“dēlī ir tā mašīna”, viņš teica, “jāgaida remonta veči” (“that machine is on the plank”, he said, “we now have to wait for the repair guys”)
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“veči”, kur te var piezvanīt pa telefonu? (guys, where is there a telephone here (lit. where can one call by telephone here)?)
Nouns inflected like vecis
sencis,
vilkacis,
braucis,
bruņurupucis,
tēvucis,
tēvocis,
leduslācis,
kodolierocis,
ducis,
līcis,
lācis,
vecis,
polārlācis,
kabacis,
ledus lācis,
dancis,
duncis,
kreicis,
matracis,
šaujamierocis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From vecs (“old”), made into a 2nd-declension noun.
Translations