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 pēc ― in 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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