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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [bæ̀ːɾns]
Etymology: From an earlier *berns, with lengthening ([èɾ] > [æ̀ːɾ]), from Proto-Baltic *bernas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- with an extra -no-s. The meaning evolved from “carry, bear” > “carried thing, burden” > “baby (being carried by pregnant woman)” > “child.” Cognates include Lithuanian bérnas (“young, unmarried man; child; boy; servant”), Sudovian barnaj (“children”) (< *bernai), Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”) (Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn), Swedish barn, English bairn (“child”)). In the sense of “burden,” also Proto-Slavic *bermę < *bermen- (dialectal Russian бере́мя (berémja, “burden; lap”)), Old Armenian բեռն (beṙn), Ancient Greek φέρνη (phérnē, “dowry”); in the sense of “pregnant,” Russian бере́менная (berémennaja), Polish brzemienna, from brzemienny (“full of cargo”); and in the sense of “to be born, birth,” Ancient Greek φέρμα (phérma, “fruit of the earth”), Old English ġeberan (“to bring forth, to give birth”), German gebären, English bear, be born. Etymology templates: {{m|lv|*berns}} *berns, {{inh|lv|bat-pro|*bernas}} Proto-Baltic *bernas, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*bʰer-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, {{cog|lt|bérnas||young, unmarried man; child; boy; servant}} Lithuanian bérnas (“young, unmarried man; child; boy; servant”), {{cog|xsv|barnaj||children}} Sudovian barnaj (“children”), {{m|xsv|*bernai}} *bernai, {{cog|gem-pro|*barną||child}} Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), {{cog|got|𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽}} Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn), {{cog|sv|barn}} Swedish barn, {{cog|en|bairn|t=child}} English bairn (“child”), {{cog|sla-pro|*bermę}} Proto-Slavic *bermę, {{m|sla-pro|*bermen-}} *bermen-, {{cog|ru|бере́мя||burden; lap}} Russian бере́мя (berémja, “burden; lap”), {{cog|xcl|բեռն}} Old Armenian բեռն (beṙn), {{cog|grc|φέρνη||dowry}} Ancient Greek φέρνη (phérnē, “dowry”), {{cog|ru|бере́менная}} Russian бере́менная (berémennaja), {{cog|pl|brzemienna}} Polish brzemienna, {{m|pl|brzemienny||full of cargo}} brzemienny (“full of cargo”), {{cog|grc|φέρμα||fruit of the earth}} Ancient Greek φέρμα (phérma, “fruit of the earth”), {{cog|ang|ġeberan||to bring forth, to give birth}} Old English ġeberan (“to bring forth, to give birth”), {{cog|de|gebären}} German gebären, {{cog|en|bear}} English bear, {{m|en|be born}} be born Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} bērns m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} bērns m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|bērn|s|1st|keep-s=1}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|bērn|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=1|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|bērns|bērni|bērnu|bērnus|bērna|bērnu|bērnam|bērniem|bērnu|bērniem|bērnā|bērnos|bērns|bērni|type=1st declension|x=0}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], bērns [nominative, singular], bērni [nominative, plural], bērnu [accusative, singular], bērnus [accusative, plural], bērna [genitive, singular], bērnu [genitive, plural], bērnam [dative, singular], bērniem [dative, plural], bērnu [instrumental, singular], bērniem [instrumental, plural], bērnā [locative, singular], bērnos [locative, plural], bērns [singular, vocative], bērni [plural, vocative]
  1. child (boy or girl up to approximately 14 or 13 years of age) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-bērns-lv-noun-vFOEvaPb Disambiguation of Children: 20 34 32 14
  2. child (son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Age, Children, Human
    Sense id: en-bērns-lv-noun-WrYN4XIi Disambiguation of Age: 30 58 12 0 Disambiguation of Children: 20 34 32 14 Disambiguation of Human: 24 47 29 1 Categories (other): Latvian etymologies from LEV Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 10 43 12 36
  3. (colloquial) animal offspring Tags: colloquial, declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Children, Family
    Sense id: en-bērns-lv-noun-NVOvvq9T Disambiguation of Children: 20 34 32 14 Disambiguation of Family: 15 24 48 13 Categories (other): Latvian etymologies from LEV Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 10 43 12 36
  4. (poetic) person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs Tags: declension-1, masculine, poetic Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-bērns-lv-noun-MjCZXrLX Disambiguation of Children: 20 34 32 14 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with falling intonation Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 13 34 8 45 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 10 43 12 36 Disambiguation of Latvian words with falling intonation: 12 21 18 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ģimene, vecāki, tēvs, māte
Derived forms: bāra bērns, bārabērns, bērnība, bērnišķs, bērnišķīgs, bērnišķīgums, bērnišķība, bērnudārzs, bērnu dārzs, bērnu nams, bērnunams

Inflected forms

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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "barn"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish barn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English bairn (“child”)",
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "бере́мя",
        "3": "",
        "4": "burden; lap"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian бере́мя (berémja, “burden; lap”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "բեռն"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian բեռն (beṙn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φέρνη",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dowry"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φέρνη (phérnē, “dowry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "бере́менная"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian бере́менная (berémennaja)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "brzemienna"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish brzemienna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "brzemienny",
        "3": "",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φέρμα",
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        "4": "fruit of the earth"
      },
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        "2": "ġeberan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to bring forth, to give birth"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġeberan (“to bring forth, to give birth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gebären"
      },
      "expansion": "German gebären",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bear"
      },
      "expansion": "English bear",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "be born"
      },
      "expansion": "be born",
      "name": "m"
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "1st declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bērnus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "bērna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērnam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērniem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērniem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērnos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bērns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bērni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bērns m",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "1st"
      },
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        "1": "bērn",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bērn",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "keep-s": "1",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "bērns",
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        "11": "bērnā",
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        "13": "bērns",
        "14": "bērni",
        "2": "bērni",
        "3": "bērnu",
        "4": "bērnus",
        "5": "bērna",
        "6": "bērnu",
        "7": "bērnam",
        "8": "bērniem",
        "9": "bērnu",
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        "x": "0"
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  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ģimene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vecāki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tēvs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "māte"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 34 32 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "lv:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "small child",
          "text": "mazs bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "crying, weeping child",
          "text": "raudošs bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "naughty child",
          "text": "nerātns bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "premature (lit. not-fully-carried) child",
          "text": "neiznests bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "out-of-wedlock, illegitimate child",
          "text": "ārlaulības, nelikumīgs bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a child's education",
          "text": "bērna audzināšana",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to baby-sit a child",
          "text": "auklēt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to care for a child",
          "text": "kopt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to teach a child",
          "text": "mācīt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to adopt a child",
          "text": "adoptēt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "strollers (literally, “little children's carts”)",
          "text": "bērnu ratiņi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "diapers (literally, “children's little cloths”)",
          "text": "bērnu autiņi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "orphanage (literally, “children's house”)",
          "text": "bērnu nams, bērnunams",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "kindergarten (literally, “children's garden”)",
          "text": "bērnu dārzs, bērnudārzs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(children's) playground",
          "text": "bērnu laukums",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "children's literature, books",
          "text": "bērnu literatūra",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pediatrician (lit. children's doctor)",
          "text": "bērnu ārsts",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "children's play (= something very simple and easy)",
          "text": "bērnu spēle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you talk like a child (= too naively, childishly)",
          "text": "tu runā kā bērns",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child (boy or girl up to approximately 14 or 13 years of age)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bērns-lv-noun-vFOEvaPb",
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy#English"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl#English"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately#English"
        ],
        [
          "year",
          "year#English"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 43 12 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 58 12 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "lv:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 34 32 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "lv:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 47 29 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Human",
          "orig": "lv:Human",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "children of the same parents, siblings",
          "text": "vienu vecāku bērni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "grownup children",
          "text": "pieauguši bērni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "she has eleven children: seven daughters and four sons",
          "text": "viņai ir vienpadsmit bērnu: septiņas meitas un četri dēli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "kad bērni lieli, iet tie paši ar savu galvu un vecāku prātu",
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        ],
        [
          "regardless",
          "regardless#English"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#English"
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        [
          "in relation to",
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        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent#English"
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          "descendant#English"
        ]
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        {
          "text": "“vai, māt, Brūnaļai teļinš!” meitene priecīgi sasit rokas... “Brūnaļa mani vairs nepazīst...” “viņai bail, ka tu nedari pāri viņas bērnam” ― “oh, Mum, Brūnaļa (the cow) has a little calf!” the girl happily clapped her hands... “Brūnaļa doesn't know me anymore...” “she is afraid of what you might do to her child”",
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          "text": "tu biji krietnais tautas bērns",
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        {
          "english": "song, oh little song, do sound loud / everywhere where Latvia's children have homes!",
          "text": "dziesma, ai dziesmiņa, skani skaļi / visur, kur Latvijas bērniem mājas!",
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    "Latvian nouns",
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    {
      "word": "bārabērns"
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      "word": "bērnība"
    },
    {
      "word": "bērnišķs"
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    {
      "word": "bērnišķīgs"
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    {
      "word": "bērnišķīgums"
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    {
      "word": "bērnišķība"
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      "word": "bērnudārzs"
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    {
      "word": "bērnu dārzs"
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        "4": "fruit of the earth"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ġeberan",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gebären"
      },
      "expansion": "German gebären",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bear"
      },
      "expansion": "English bear",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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          "english": "small child",
          "text": "mazs bērns",
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          "english": "crying, weeping child",
          "text": "raudošs bērns",
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        {
          "english": "naughty child",
          "text": "nerātns bērns",
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        {
          "english": "premature (lit. not-fully-carried) child",
          "text": "neiznests bērns",
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        },
        {
          "english": "out-of-wedlock, illegitimate child",
          "text": "ārlaulības, nelikumīgs bērns",
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        {
          "english": "a child's education",
          "text": "bērna audzināšana",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to baby-sit a child",
          "text": "auklēt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to care for a child",
          "text": "kopt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to teach a child",
          "text": "mācīt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to adopt a child",
          "text": "adoptēt bērnu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "strollers (literally, “little children's carts”)",
          "text": "bērnu ratiņi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "diapers (literally, “children's little cloths”)",
          "text": "bērnu autiņi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "orphanage (literally, “children's house”)",
          "text": "bērnu nams, bērnunams",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "kindergarten (literally, “children's garden”)",
          "text": "bērnu dārzs, bērnudārzs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(children's) playground",
          "text": "bērnu laukums",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "children's literature, books",
          "text": "bērnu literatūra",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pediatrician (lit. children's doctor)",
          "text": "bērnu ārsts",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "children's play (= something very simple and easy)",
          "text": "bērnu spēle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you talk like a child (= too naively, childishly)",
          "text": "tu runā kā bērns",
          "type": "example"
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        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately#English"
        ],
        [
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          "year#English"
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          "age#English"
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        "masculine"
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        "Requests for translations of Latvian usage examples"
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          "english": "children of the same parents, siblings",
          "text": "vienu vecāku bērni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "grownup children",
          "text": "pieauguši bērni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "she has eleven children: seven daughters and four sons",
          "text": "viņai ir vienpadsmit bērnu: septiņas meitas un četri dēli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "kad bērni lieli, iet tie paši ar savu galvu un vecāku prātu",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "“vai, māt, Brūnaļai teļinš!” meitene priecīgi sasit rokas... “Brūnaļa mani vairs nepazīst...” “viņai bail, ka tu nedari pāri viņas bērnam” ― “oh, Mum, Brūnaļa (the cow) has a little calf!” the girl happily clapped her hands... “Brūnaļa doesn't know me anymore...” “she is afraid of what you might do to her child”",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "animal offspring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) animal offspring"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian poetic terms",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "you were an honest, decent child of the people",
          "text": "tu biji krietnais tautas bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "song, oh little song, do sound loud / everywhere where Latvia's children have homes!",
          "text": "dziesma, ai dziesmiņa, skani skaļi / visur, kur Latvijas bērniem mājas!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "with respect to",
          "with respect to"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ],
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "he",
          "he"
        ],
        [
          "she",
          "she"
        ],
        [
          "belong",
          "belong"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bæ̀ːɾns]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:bērns"
  ],
  "word": "bērns"
}

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