smukums

Latvian

Etymology

From smuks (pretty, beautiful, handsome) + -ums.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [smukums]

Noun

smukums m (1st declension)

  1. (colloquial) beauty (the state or quality of that which is pretty, beautiful)
    mūsu laikos kuģiem skursteņus būvē vairāk smukuma pēcin our times, chimneys are built on ships rather for beauty (= to make them more beautiful)
    “Inese gan saka, ka viņš esot jau dikti smuks”... “kāda tam smukumam šodien cena!”“Inese said that he is very handsome”... “(and) what price does this beauty have now!”

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