smuks

Latvian

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]

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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)

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)	—	—	—	—

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “smuks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN