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skumt

skumt

Latvian

Verb

skumt intr., 1st conj., pres. skumstu, skumsti, skumst, past skumu

  1. to be, become sad, to sadden, to feel sadness, sorrow, to grieve
    skumt par neveiksmēm‎ ― to be sad about a failure
    un tomēr viņš gaidīja pavasari un skuma, ka ziema ir tik gara un barga‎ ― and yet he waited for spring and was sad about winter being so long and harsh
    patiesību sakot, viņš daudz neskuma par Ēvalda aiziešanu‎ ― truth be told, he wasn't really sad about Ēvalds' departure
    dārznieks skuma pēc sava mīļotā dēla un raudāja žēlas asaras‎ ― the gardener grieved for his beloved son and cried sorrowful tears
    vientuļa, tukša skumst pamestā māja, / dūmenī vēji tik pusnaktīs gaudo‎ ― lonely, empty, the abandoned house is sad, / the winds in the chimney howl at midnight

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • bēdāt, bēdāties
  • nomākt

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • apskumt
  • noskumt
  • paskumt
  • saskumt

Related terms

References

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

Swedish

Adjective

skumt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of skum.

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. One possibility is that it a form of the dialectal verb kumt “to bend, to stoop,” from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ku- “to swell, to bend” with an extra -m. The initial s would result from variation, as in the case of kumšķis ~ skumšķis (q.v.). The original meaning would thus have been “to bend, to stoop,” presumably from sadness, distress, depression (note the use of the prefix no- in the perfective noskumt; originally, no- denoted upward motion). Another hypothesis suggests a connection with the idea of “dark” or “darkening,” deriving skumt from Proto-Indo-European *kew- “to cover,” from which also Norwegian skume “dark,” Old Norse skūmi “twilight.”[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skùmt]

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