smuks

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)

1. (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”

2. (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)

• daiļš
• glīts
• grezns
• krāšņs
• skaists

• neglīts

• smukums