tēviņš

Latvian

Etymology

From tēvs (“father”) +‎ -iņš (“dim.”). At first a diminutive of “father” (uses as a term of endearment are attested in older texts); now only tētiņš can be used in this sense.[1]

Noun

tēviņš m (1st declension)

  1. (of animal species) male
    aitu tēviņš ― male sheep, ram
    pīļu tēviņš ― male duck
    bišu tēviņi ― male bees, drones
    atšķirības starp tēviņiem un mātītēm ― differences between males and females
  2. (chiefly in the singular) a human male, a man
    rupjš tēviņš ― rude man, boor
    tu tur, tēviņ, beidz ālēties! ― you there, man, stop fooling around!

Declension

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tēvs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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