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dvīnis

dvīnis

Latvian

Dvīņi

Noun

dvīnis m (2nd declension, feminine form: dvīne)

  1. (male) twin (a boy born together with another child from one mother)
    dvīņu brālistwin brother (a man with a twin brother or sister)
    dvīņu māsatwin sister (a woman with a twin brother or sister)
    dvīņu zvaigznetwin star (i.e., a double star)
    dvīņu klētstwin barn (i.e., two barns under the same roof)
    dvīņi ir līdzīgi pēc ārienestwins are similar in appearance
    Kaspars domāja par saviem dvīņiem ― Kaspars thought about his twins (children)
    turcietei piedzimuši dvīņi, zēns un meitene ― the Turkish woman gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl

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Usage notes

The singular forms exist but are much less frequent in actual usage than the plural forms (e.g., dvīņu brālis, with dvīņu used adjectivally, is more frequent than dvīnis).

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), dvīņi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7