sencis

== Latvian == === Etymology === From sȩns (“ancient”), made into a 2nd-declension noun. The c suggests a dialectal origin, from those dialects where ns > nc. Alternatively, it may have come from an earlier *sentis, via genitive *senša > senča. There may have been influence from the c in vecis (“old man”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɛ̄nt͡sis] === Noun === señcis m (2nd declension, female equivalent sence) (usually in the plural) ancestor (ancient relatives, e.g., the originators of an ethnic group, a clan, a family) tāli senči ― distant ancestors dzimtas senči ― (family, clan) ancestors senču dievi ― ancestral gods senču kults ― ancestor worship (paleontology) ancestor (species of plants or animals from an earlier time period, from which modern species have evolved) zirga sencis ― the ancestor of the horse putnu senči ― the ancestors of the birds (colloquial) parents (syn. vecāki) dzīvot uz senču rēķina ― to live at (one's) parents' expense ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== senatne sens senums === References ===