smuks
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German smuk, smuck “flexible, accommodating, pretty, nice” or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch smuc “pretty, nice, clean” (cf. German Schmuck “jewelry, ornament”), first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
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
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “smuks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN