smuks
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Latvian
Etymology
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.
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
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | smuks | smuki | smuka | smukas | |
| genitive | smuka | smuku | smukas | smuku | |
| dative | smukam | smukiem | smukai | smukām | |
| accusative | smuku | smukus | smuku | smukas | |
| instrumental | smuku | smukiem | smuku | smukām | |
| locative | smukā | smukos | smukā | smukās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | smukais | smukie | smukā | smukās | |
| genitive | smukā | smuko | smukās | smuko | |
| dative | smukajam | smukajiem | smukajai | smukajām | |
| accusative | smuko | smukos | smuko | smukās | |
| instrumental | smuko | smukajiem | smuko | smukajām | |
| locative | smukajā | smukajos | smukajā | smukajās | |
| vocative | smuko, smukais | smukie | smuko, smukā | smukās | |
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “smuks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN