smuks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German smuk, smuck “flexible, accommodating, pretty, nice” or from Middle Dutch smuc “pretty, nice, clean” (cf. German Schmuck “jewelry, ornament”), first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
smuks (definite smukais, comparative smukāks, superlative vissmukākais, adverb smuki)
- (colloquial) pretty, beautiful, handsome
- smukas meitenes ― pretty girls
- “kādu skaņdarbu jūs vēlētos?” jautā diriģents... “Es nezinu...” Ilga samulst... “tādu smuku” ― “which musical piece would you like?” the conductor asked... “I don't know...” Ilga was embarrassed... “a pretty one”
- (colloquial, of money) handsome (in a significant amount)
- smuka nauda ― a handsome sum (= a lot of money)
- naudas kurss kritīsies, un visi, kas no valsts aizņēmušies, smuki nopelnīs, bet mēs paliksim tukšā ― the exchange rates will fall, and all those who took mooney from the country will earn handsomely, while we will remain in the empty (= with nothing)
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of smuks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | smuks | smuki | smuka | smukas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | smuku | smukus | smuku | smukas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | smuka | smuku | smukas | smuku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | smukam | smukiem | smukai | smukām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | smuku | smukiem | smuku | smukām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | smukā | smukos | smukā | smukās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “smuks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN