[smuks]
CilmeBorrowed 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.
- colloquialpretty, 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”
- colloquialhandsome (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)
Formassmukais(definite) · smukāks(comparative) · vissmukākais(superlative) · smuki(adverb) · smuks(masculine, nominative, singular) · smuki(masculine, nominative, plural) · smuka(feminine, nominative, singular) · smukas(feminine, nominative, plural) · smuka(genitive, masculine, singular) · smuku(genitive, masculine, plural) · smukas(feminine, genitive, singular) · smuku(feminine, genitive, plural) · smukam(dative, masculine, singular) · smukiem(dative, masculine, plural) · smukai(dative, feminine, singular) · smukām(dative, feminine, plural) · smuku(accusative, masculine, singular) · smukus(accusative, masculine, plural) · smuku(accusative, feminine, singular) · smukas(accusative, feminine, plural)
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