šausmas
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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”.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
šausmas f (4th declension)
- 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
- 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 |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | šausmu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | šausmām |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | šausmas |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | šausmām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | šausmās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | šausmas |
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “šausmas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN