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skumjas
skumjas
See also: skumjās
Latvian
Noun
skumjas f (4th declension)
- sadness, grief (emotional state characterized by feelings of sorrow, loss, painful yearnings, failure, frustration, etc.)
- just skumjas ― to feel sadness
- dziļas, vieglas skumjas ― deep, light sadness
- dziesmas kļuva arvien sērīgākas un visiem uzmācās vieglas skumjas ― the song became more and more melancholic and all people felt a light sadness
- savādas skumjas pēdējā laikā nomāca Čāpstinu... viņš ziemā sevišķi asi izjuta, ka viņam nav māju ― a certain sadness had recently depressed Čāpstins... especially in winter he felt sharply that he didn't have a house
- Kaspars neko nenožēlo!... tikai nebijušas šīs sasodītās skumjas, kas spiež viņu ar tādu smagumu, ka gribas rēkt kā lācim lamatās ― Kaspars doesn't regret anyhting!... if only there wasn't this damned sadness that pressed him down with such heaviness that he wanted to roar like a bear in a trap
Declension
Declension of skumjas (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | skumjas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | skumjas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | skumju |
dative (datīvs) | — | skumjām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | skumjām |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | skumjās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | skumjas |
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Adjective
skumjas
- genitive singular feminine form of skumjš
- nominative plural feminine form of skumjš
- accusative plural feminine form of skumjš
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “skumt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7