"saimnieks" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

Etymology: From saime (“family, household”) + -nieks. Though it is an old compound (already attested in 17th-century sources), it was only introduced in the literary (standard) language in 1862 by J. Alunāns. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|saime|nieks|gloss1=family, household}} saime (“family, household”) + -nieks Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} saimnieks m, {{lv-noun|m|1st|fem=saimniece}} saimnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: saimniece) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|saimniek|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|saimniek|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|saimnieks|saimnieki|saimnieku|saimniekus|saimnieka|saimnieku|saimniekam|saimniekiem|saimnieku|saimniekiem|saimniekā|saimniekos|saimniek|saimnieki|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: saimniece [feminine], declension-1 [table-tags], saimnieks [nominative, singular], saimnieki [nominative, plural], saimnieku [accusative, singular], saimniekus [accusative, plural], saimnieka [genitive, singular], saimnieku [genitive, plural], saimniekam [dative, singular], saimniekiem [dative, plural], saimnieku [instrumental, singular], saimniekiem [instrumental, plural], saimniekā [locative, singular], saimniekos [locative, plural], saimniek [singular, vocative], saimnieki [plural, vocative]
  1. farmer, landowner (the owner of a farm, especially a large one) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-DJ5-IWmL Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4
  2. owner or tenant, especially of a small business Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-1OcE8ng9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 6 28 2 10 10 11 12 11 9 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 7 21 6 11 12 12 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 6 19 5 13 13 14 13 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 36 1 9 9 10 13 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 35 1 10 9 11 13 11 8
  3. landlord (owner of a building, house, apartment, etc.) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-YeaiWAWI
  4. owner, master, boss (person who owns or has the right to use a certain space, room, place) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-YXUc8fzD Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4
  5. owner, master (person who owns a pet) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-lCyf4OZc Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4
  6. owner (person who owns something, e.g., an object) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-~Sc8mAXC Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4
  7. master, boss, leader (person who runs, administers, manages, organizes something, making decisions about it) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-DX-CddQw Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4
  8. host (person who entertains guests, visitors) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-xN5nkG-d Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4
  9. (biology) host (an organism in which a parasite lives) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-D98JESpE Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: saimniecība, saimniekot Related terms: uzņēmējs

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"master\"”",
      "word": "kalps"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"landlord\"”",
      "word": "īrnieks"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saimniecība"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saimniekot"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "saime",
        "3": "nieks",
        "gloss1": "family, household"
      },
      "expansion": "saime (“family, household”) + -nieks",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From saime (“family, household”) + -nieks. Though it is an old compound (already attested in 17th-century sources), it was only introduced in the literary (standard) language in 1862 by J. Alunāns.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saimniece",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1st declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saimnieks m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "1st",
        "fem": "saimniece"
      },
      "expansion": "saimnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: saimniece)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saimniek",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "1st",
        "extrawidth": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saimniek",
        "2": "s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saimnieks",
        "10": "saimniekiem",
        "11": "saimniekā",
        "12": "saimniekos",
        "13": "saimniek",
        "14": "saimnieki",
        "2": "saimnieki",
        "3": "saimnieku",
        "4": "saimniekus",
        "5": "saimnieka",
        "6": "saimnieku",
        "7": "saimniekam",
        "8": "saimniekiem",
        "9": "saimnieku",
        "type": "1st declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uzņēmējs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "big, rich, moneyed farmers",
          "text": "lielie, bagātie, naudīgie saimnieki",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the servants (farm helpers) don't go around the fields to look at the horses and buildings, the way that the landowners do, when they arrive in the village",
          "text": "kalpi neiet apstaigāt Avotu laukus, apskatīties zirgus un ēkas, kā to dara ciemā atbraukušie saimnieki",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "farmer, landowner (the owner of a farm, especially a large one)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-DJ5-IWmL",
      "links": [
        [
          "farmer",
          "farmer"
        ],
        [
          "landowner",
          "landowner"
        ],
        [
          "owner",
          "owner#English"
        ],
        [
          "farm",
          "farm#English"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially#English"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 28 2 10 10 11 12 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 21 6 11 12 12 11 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 19 5 13 13 14 13 13 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 36 1 9 9 10 13 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 35 1 10 9 11 13 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "inn owner",
          "text": "iebraucamās vietas saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "hotel owner",
          "text": "viesnīcas saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "all the surrounding restaurant owners knew that there always was fresh merchandise (= ingredients) in citizen Žans Gijo's shop",
          "text": "visi apkārtējie restorānu saimnieki zināja, ka pilsoņa Žana Gijo veikalā vienmēr svaiga prece",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner or tenant, especially of a small business"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-1OcE8ng9",
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "tenant",
          "tenant"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "we lived in a little wooden hut... that hut was not ours, it belonged to (our) landlord",
          "text": "mēs dzīvojām koka namiņā sētā... tas namiņš nebija mūsu, bet piederēja saimniekam",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a man of short build... quarreled loudly with the landlord",
          "text": "maza auguma vīrs... skaļi ķīvējas ar mājas saimnieku",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "landlord (owner of a building, house, apartment, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-YeaiWAWI",
      "links": [
        [
          "landlord",
          "landlord"
        ],
        [
          "owner",
          "owner#English"
        ],
        [
          "building",
          "building#English"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house#English"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "as the master (of that office) I opened that morning my office's door and immediately stopped at the door: I saw that I was no longer the master... a German officer's hat was lying upside down on the table",
          "text": "kā saimnieks... es torīt atvēru sava kabineta durvis un turpat pie durvīm apstājos: redzēju, ka neesmu vairs saimnieks... uz galda augšpēdus gulēja vācu virsnieka cepure",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner, master, boss (person who owns or has the right to use a certain space, room, place)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-YXUc8fzD",
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own#English"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right#English"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use#English"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain#English"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space#English"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room#English"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a cat that was abandoned... usually does not trust another owner and becomes a true wild beast",
          "text": "kaķis kas ir pamests... parasti vairs citam saimniekam neuzticas un kļūst par īstu, mežonīgu zvēru",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner, master (person who owns a pet)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-lCyf4OZc",
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own#English"
        ],
        [
          "pet",
          "pet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "though he is holding the gun in his hands, Ferdinands understands that its owner is another (person): that big man with the bluish-gray eyes",
          "text": "vēl jau gan viņš tur šauteni savās rokās, bet Ferdinands saprot, ka saimnieks tai jau ir cits: tas, lielais vīrs ar zilganpelēkajām acīm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner (person who owns something, e.g., an object)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-~Sc8mAXC",
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own#English"
        ],
        [
          "e.g.",
          "e.g.#English"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Lithuanian people became the full master of their own land",
          "text": "lietuviešu tauta kļuva par pilntiesīgu savas zemes saimnieku",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "judging by his stately gait, uniform and behavior, one could at first take the first mate for the ship's boss (= captain)",
          "text": "pēc staltās gaitas, formas tērpa un izturēšanās spriežot, par kuģa saimnieku pirmajā brīdī varēja noturēt kapteiņa pirmo palīgu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "master, boss, leader (person who runs, administers, manages, organizes something, making decisions about it)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-DX-CddQw",
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run#English"
        ],
        [
          "administer",
          "administer#English"
        ],
        [
          "manage",
          "manage#English"
        ],
        [
          "organize",
          "organize#English"
        ],
        [
          "making",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "decision",
          "decision#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 15 7 11 12 12 11 10 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the host with (his) guest finally sat at the table",
          "text": "saimnieks ar ciemiņu beidzot piesēdušies pie galda",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "host (person who entertains guests, visitors)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-xN5nkG-d",
      "links": [
        [
          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain#English"
        ],
        [
          "guest",
          "guest#English"
        ],
        [
          "visitor",
          "visitor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "lv:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "every species of flea has a specific host",
          "text": "katrai blusu sugai ir noteikts saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the smaller greenish leeches lived on fish skin and fed from their host's blood",
          "text": "Mazākās zaļganās dēles dzīvoja uz zivju ādas un pārtika no saimnieku asinīm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "host (an organism in which a parasite lives)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
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          "host",
          "host"
        ],
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          "organism",
          "organism#English"
        ],
        [
          "parasite",
          "parasite#English"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biology) host (an organism in which a parasite lives)"
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"master\"”",
      "word": "kalps"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"landlord\"”",
      "word": "īrnieks"
    }
  ],
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    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian first declension nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "lv:Occupations"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "saimniecība"
    },
    {
      "word": "saimniekot"
    }
  ],
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        "gloss1": "family, household"
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From saime (“family, household”) + -nieks. Though it is an old compound (already attested in 17th-century sources), it was only introduced in the literary (standard) language in 1862 by J. Alunāns.",
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        "feminine"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "class"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "saimniekos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimniek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saimnieki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saimnieks m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "1st",
        "fem": "saimniece"
      },
      "expansion": "saimnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: saimniece)",
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    }
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        "3": "1st",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saimniek",
        "2": "s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "saimniekiem",
        "11": "saimniekā",
        "12": "saimniekos",
        "13": "saimniek",
        "14": "saimnieki",
        "2": "saimnieki",
        "3": "saimnieku",
        "4": "saimniekus",
        "5": "saimnieka",
        "6": "saimnieku",
        "7": "saimniekam",
        "8": "saimniekiem",
        "9": "saimnieku",
        "type": "1st declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "uzņēmējs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "big, rich, moneyed farmers",
          "text": "lielie, bagātie, naudīgie saimnieki",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the servants (farm helpers) don't go around the fields to look at the horses and buildings, the way that the landowners do, when they arrive in the village",
          "text": "kalpi neiet apstaigāt Avotu laukus, apskatīties zirgus un ēkas, kā to dara ciemā atbraukušie saimnieki",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "farmer, landowner (the owner of a farm, especially a large one)"
      ],
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        [
          "farmer",
          "farmer"
        ],
        [
          "landowner",
          "landowner"
        ],
        [
          "owner",
          "owner#English"
        ],
        [
          "farm",
          "farm#English"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially#English"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "inn owner",
          "text": "iebraucamās vietas saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "hotel owner",
          "text": "viesnīcas saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "all the surrounding restaurant owners knew that there always was fresh merchandise (= ingredients) in citizen Žans Gijo's shop",
          "text": "visi apkārtējie restorānu saimnieki zināja, ka pilsoņa Žana Gijo veikalā vienmēr svaiga prece",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner or tenant, especially of a small business"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "tenant",
          "tenant"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "we lived in a little wooden hut... that hut was not ours, it belonged to (our) landlord",
          "text": "mēs dzīvojām koka namiņā sētā... tas namiņš nebija mūsu, bet piederēja saimniekam",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a man of short build... quarreled loudly with the landlord",
          "text": "maza auguma vīrs... skaļi ķīvējas ar mājas saimnieku",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "landlord (owner of a building, house, apartment, etc.)"
      ],
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        [
          "landlord",
          "landlord"
        ],
        [
          "owner",
          "owner#English"
        ],
        [
          "building",
          "building#English"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house#English"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "as the master (of that office) I opened that morning my office's door and immediately stopped at the door: I saw that I was no longer the master... a German officer's hat was lying upside down on the table",
          "text": "kā saimnieks... es torīt atvēru sava kabineta durvis un turpat pie durvīm apstājos: redzēju, ka neesmu vairs saimnieks... uz galda augšpēdus gulēja vācu virsnieka cepure",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner, master, boss (person who owns or has the right to use a certain space, room, place)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own#English"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right#English"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use#English"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain#English"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space#English"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room#English"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a cat that was abandoned... usually does not trust another owner and becomes a true wild beast",
          "text": "kaķis kas ir pamests... parasti vairs citam saimniekam neuzticas un kļūst par īstu, mežonīgu zvēru",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner, master (person who owns a pet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own#English"
        ],
        [
          "pet",
          "pet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "though he is holding the gun in his hands, Ferdinands understands that its owner is another (person): that big man with the bluish-gray eyes",
          "text": "vēl jau gan viņš tur šauteni savās rokās, bet Ferdinands saprot, ka saimnieks tai jau ir cits: tas, lielais vīrs ar zilganpelēkajām acīm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner (person who owns something, e.g., an object)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "own",
          "own#English"
        ],
        [
          "e.g.",
          "e.g.#English"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Lithuanian people became the full master of their own land",
          "text": "lietuviešu tauta kļuva par pilntiesīgu savas zemes saimnieku",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "judging by his stately gait, uniform and behavior, one could at first take the first mate for the ship's boss (= captain)",
          "text": "pēc staltās gaitas, formas tērpa un izturēšanās spriežot, par kuģa saimnieku pirmajā brīdī varēja noturēt kapteiņa pirmo palīgu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "master, boss, leader (person who runs, administers, manages, organizes something, making decisions about it)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run#English"
        ],
        [
          "administer",
          "administer#English"
        ],
        [
          "manage",
          "manage#English"
        ],
        [
          "organize",
          "organize#English"
        ],
        [
          "making",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "decision",
          "decision#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the host with (his) guest finally sat at the table",
          "text": "saimnieks ar ciemiņu beidzot piesēdušies pie galda",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "host (person who entertains guests, visitors)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain#English"
        ],
        [
          "guest",
          "guest#English"
        ],
        [
          "visitor",
          "visitor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "lv:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "every species of flea has a specific host",
          "text": "katrai blusu sugai ir noteikts saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the smaller greenish leeches lived on fish skin and fed from their host's blood",
          "text": "Mazākās zaļganās dēles dzīvoja uz zivju ādas un pārtika no saimnieku asinīm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "host (an organism in which a parasite lives)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism#English"
        ],
        [
          "parasite",
          "parasite#English"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) host (an organism in which a parasite lives)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "saimnieks"
}

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