apavniece

See also: apavniecē

Latvian

From apavs (“footwear”) +‎ -niece, or apavnieks (“cobbler, shoemaker”) +‎ -e (“[fem.]”) (with palatalization of k to c).

apavniece m (1st declension, masculine form: apavnieks)

The usual term for “cobbler” is kurpnieks (fem. kurpniece); apavnieks (fem. apavniece) is rare or official.

Declension of apavniece (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	apavniece	apavnieces
accusative (akuzatīvs)	apavnieci	apavnieces
genitive (ģenitīvs)	apavnieces	apavnieču
dative (datīvs)	apavniecei	apavniecēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	apavnieci	apavniecēm
locative (lokatīvs)	apavniecē	apavniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	apavniece	apavnieces