šmaukt
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Baltic *smyauk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-, *mewk- (“slick, slimy, slippery, to slide”), from a stem *meu- (“humid”) (whence also mukt, maukt and šmaugs, q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian smaũkti (“to pluck, to pull, to roll up, to push, to shove, to caress, to deceive, to cheat, to go slowly”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editšmaukt (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present šmaucu, šmauc, šmauc, past šmaucu)
- (colloquial) to go quickly, to run
- suns pienāk pie durvīm un paraugās, kas ārā notiek... ja pamatīgi līst, mājas sargs šmauc atpakaļ virtuvē ― the dog comes to the door to check what is happening outside... if it is raining heavily, the house defender (= dog) runs back into the kitchen
- (colloquial, transitive) to cheat, to deceive
- šmaukt pircējus ― to cheat (one's) buyers, clients
- ak, kā mēs mīlam ar savu īsredzību sevi un citus šmaukt! ― oh, how we love to deceive ourselves and others with our short-sightedness!
- man tik un tā neticēs, jo es šos lāga cilvēkus, tīri negribēdams, biju šodien pietiekoši šmaucis ― people will sometimes not believe me, because I, totally unwillingly, have sufficiently deceived those nice people today
Conjugation
editconjugation of šmaukt
Synonyms
edit- (of "run"): skriet, bēgt, (colloquial) mukt, (colloquial) desot
- (of "cheat"): krāpt, mānīt, maldināt
Derived terms
edit- prefixed verbs:
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “šmaukt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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