Noun: skumjas
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
Plural
| Nominative | skumjas |
| Accusative | skumjas |
| Genitive | skumju |
| Dative | skumjām |
| Instrumental | skumjām |
| Locative | skumjās |
| Vocative | skumjas |
Sample Sentences
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just skumjas (to feel sadness)
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dziļas, vieglas skumjas (deep, light sadness)
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dziesmas kļuva arvien sērīgākas un visiem uzmācās vieglas skumjas (the song became more and more melancholic and all people felt a light sadness)
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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)
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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)
Nouns inflected like skumjas
iekšlietas,
pļāpas,
vējdzirnavas,
pelavas,
aukslējas,
paniņas,
vējbakas,
derības,
plaušas,
paģiras,
garamantas,
skumjas,
Lieldienas,
briesmas,
siekalas,
zemlikas,
šaubas,
žagas,
lamatas,
aizdomas, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the same source as the verb skumt “to be sad, to grieve” (q.v.) with a palatalized mj, made into a feminine, 4th-declension noun (ending -a). The original singular forms are now archaic.
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