CilmeFrom the same stem as the verb sūkt (“to suck”), of which it was originally the iterative form.
- transitiveto suck (to keep in one's mouth and make it wet with saliva, e.g. when preparing to swallow it, or to suck it several times)
“Tils Rūmnieks negribīgi sūkāja stjuartes piedāvāto konfekti” — Tils Rūmnieks reluctantly sucked the candy offered by the stewardess
“Uldis guļ gultā un sūkā pudelīti” — Uldis (the baby) lies in bed and sucks the little bottle
- transitiveto suck on, to suckle (to put in one's mouth and make suction, sucking motion)
“iebāž mutē mazu, sārtu pirkstu; sūkā to, bet pār apaļajiem vaigiem joprojām rit lielas, dzidras asaru lāses” — (she) puts in (her) mouth the little pink finger; she sucks (on) it, while on (her) round cheeks clear, big tear drops (slowly) flowed
- transitiveto suck several times
“Leksis bezrūpīgi sūkā papirosu” — Leksis cheerfully sucks (his) cigarette
Formasconjugation(second-person) · sūkāju(present) · sūkā(present) · sūkāju(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · sūkāju(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · sūkāju(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · sūkāšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · sūkā(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · sūkāji(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · sūkāsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · sūkā(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · sūkā(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · sūkāja(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · sūkās(future, indicative, singular, third-person) · lai sūkā(imperative, singular, third-person)
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