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bārenis

bārenis

Latvian

Noun

bārenis m (2nd declension, feminine form: bārene)

  1. (male) orphan (a boy who has lost one or both parents)
    apaļš bārenis ― full orphan (one who lost both parents)
    kļūt bārenim ― to become an orphan
    bāreņu aizbildnis ― orphan guardian
    pierādīt vajag, ka ir apaļš bārenis, ne tēva, ne mātes ― (he) needs to prove that he is a full orphan without father and mother

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Related terms

  • (poetic) bārs

References

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