nāviniece

== Latvian == === Etymology === From nāve (“death”) +‎ -niece, or nāvinieks (“one condemned to death”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c). === Pronunciation === === Noun === nāviniece f (5th declension, male equivalent) (woman) condemned to death viņa gulēja gandrīz kā nāviniece: ārsts izrakstīja visādas zāles, likām kompreses... bet labāk nepalika ― she was sleeping almost as a woman condemned to death: the doctor prescribed all kinds of medicines, we applied compresses... but she didn't get (any) better ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== nāvessods, nāves sods nāvēt nāvīgs