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smuks

smuks

Latvian

Adjective

smuks (def. smukais, comp. smukāks, sup. vissmukākais; adv. smuki)

  1. (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”
  2. (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)

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), smuks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7