šausmas

See also: šausmās

Latvian

Etymology

From an unattested verb *šaust (“make (hair, feathers) stand”) (compare Lithuanian šiaũsti (“to dishevel, to comb upward; to raise (feathers)”)), from Proto-Baltic *šiaus-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱew- (“to swell, to bend”) (hence “protrude, ruffle, make stand”), with an extra -s. The meaning “to make (hair) stand” became in the noun šausmas “great fear, terror”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃāūsmas]

Noun

šausmas f (4th declension)

1. terror, horror (very intense fear)

   šausmu pārņemts ― horror-struck

   iedvest šausmas ― to inspire horror, terror

   iekliegties no šausmām ― to cry out in horror

   šausmu kliedziens ― horror scream

   sastingt šausmās ― to freeze in terror, horror

2. terror, horror (very bad events that (may) cause intense fear)

   kara šausmas ― the horror of war

   šausmu lietas ― horrible things, affairs

   šausmu filma ― horror movie

Declension

Declension of šausmas (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	šausmas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	šausmas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	šausmu
dative (datīvs)	—	šausmām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	šausmām
locative (lokatīvs)	—	šausmās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	šausmas

Related terms

• šausmīgs