biedrs – Latvian noun declension

Noun: biedrs
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	biedrs
Accusative	biedru
Genitive	biedra
Dative	biedram
Instrumental	biedru
Locative	biedrā
Vocative	biedr

Plural

Nominative	biedri
Accusative	biedrus
Genitive	biedru
Dative	biedriem
Instrumental	biedriem
Locative	biedros
Vocative	biedri

Sample Sentences

darba biedrs (workmate)
cīņu biedrs (comrade-in-arms (lit. fight, struggle mate))
klases biedrs, skolas biedrs (classmate, schoolmate)
istabas biedrs (roommate)
ceļa biedrs, ceļabiedrs (fellow traveller)
sarunu biedrs (interlocutor (lit. conversation mate))
dzīves biedrs, dzīvesbiedrs (husband, spouse (lit. life mate))
laika biedrs, laikabiedrs (contemporary (lit. time mate))
satikt bērnu dienu rotaļu biedru (to meet a childhood playmate)
Ceplis uzmeta zīmīgu skatienu pārējiem galda biedriem (Ceplis cast a significant look at (his) other table mates)
(komunistiskās) partijas biedrs ((communist) party member)
arodbiedrības biedri (union members)
biedra karte (member(ship) card)
uzņemt jaunus biedrus organizācijā (to receive new members into the organization)
maksāt biedru naudu (to pay a membership fee)
goda biedrs, godabiedrs (honorary member)
godājamie biedri! (honorable comrades!)
sanāksmē piedalījās biedrs Alksnis (comrade Alksnis participated in the meeting)
biedrs profesors izteica interesantu priekšlikumu (comrade professor made an interesting proposal)

Nouns inflected like biedrs

gredzens, greznums, sniegs, salāts, sakars, diftongs, smaids, sonets, sivēns, dienests, piecnieks, skudrs, skvērs, skaits, pacients, vilciens, realizējums, skatiens, izskats, spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

A nominalized version of an earlier adjective biedrs “bound, linked”, from Proto-Baltic *bend- with an extra (adjectivizing) -ro (cf. stipt (“to become rigid, to harden”) : stiprs (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to join, to bind, to tie”), whence also Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bindan), Old High German bintan, German binden, English bind. Cognates include Lithuanian beñdras (“comrade, participant; (adj.) common, shared”). See: English Nouns 'bind'.