noun

[C]

brother-in-law; a man related by marriage, especially one’s spouse’s brother or one’s sister’s husband

'svainis

Pronunciation

Etymology

Inherited from Baltic kinship terminology; related to words denoting affinity by marriage.

Examples

Mano svainis gyvena Kaune.

'Mano 'svainis gy'vena 'Kaune.

My brother-in-law lives in Kaunas.

Į vestuves atvyko ir svainis.

Į 'vestuves at'vyko ir 'svainis.

The brother-in-law also came to the wedding.

Synonyms

Collocations

mano svainis

būsimas svainis

svainio šeima

susitikti su svainiu

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