"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: 20 12 7 11 12 12 11 10 6
  2. owner or tenant, especially of a small business Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-1OcE8ng9 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 12 25 2 9 10 10 11 10 9 Disambiguation of Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 20 3 11 9 10 10 10 10 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 14 26 4 9 9 10 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6
  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
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-YXUc8fzD Categories (other): Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6
  5. owner, master (person who owns a pet) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-lCyf4OZc Categories (other): Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6
  6. owner (person who owns something, e.g., an object) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-~Sc8mAXC Categories (other): Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6
  7. master, boss, leader (person who runs, administers, manages, organizes something, making decisions about it) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-DX-CddQw Categories (other): Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6
  8. host (person who entertains guests, visitors) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-saimnieks-lv-noun-xN5nkG-d Categories (other): Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks: 10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6
  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

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"master\"\"",
      "word": "kalps"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"landlord\"\"",
      "word": "īrnieks"
    }
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      "word": "saimniecība"
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    },
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      "form": "saimniekā",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "lv:Occupations",
          "parents": [
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            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
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          "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"
        }
      ],
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          "landowner",
          "landowner"
        ],
        [
          "owner",
          "owner#English"
        ],
        [
          "farm",
          "farm#English"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially#English"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "12 25 2 9 10 10 11 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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          "_dis": "14 26 4 9 9 10 9 9 9",
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          "parents": [],
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          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "inn owner",
          "text": "iebraucamās vietas saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "hotel owner",
          "text": "viesnīcas saimnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "visi apkārtējie restorānu saimnieki zināja, ka pilsoņa Žana Gijo veikalā vienmēr svaiga prece ― all the surrounding restaurant owners knew that there always was fresh merchandise (= ingredients) in citizen Žans Gijo's shop",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "owner or tenant, especially of a small business"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "tenant",
          "tenant"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "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"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "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": "10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "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": "10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "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": "10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "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": "10 16 5 13 13 13 12 13 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
          "parents": [],
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saimnieks-lv-noun-D98JESpE",
      "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"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"master\"\"",
      "word": "kalps"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"landlord\"\"",
      "word": "īrnieks"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian first declension nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms suffixed with -nieks",
    "lv:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "saimniecība"
    },
    {
      "word": "saimniekot"
    }
  ],
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        "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.",
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      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": [
    {
      "word": "uzņēmējs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "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)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "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"
        },
        {
          "text": "visi apkārtējie restorānu saimnieki zināja, ka pilsoņa Žana Gijo veikalā vienmēr svaiga prece ― all the surrounding restaurant owners knew that there always was fresh merchandise (= ingredients) in citizen Žans Gijo's shop",
          "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.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "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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