skumt
Latvian
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 skúmi “twilight.”[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [skùmt]
Verb
skumt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present skumstu, skumsti, skumst, past skumu)
- 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
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
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Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
1st pers. sg. | es | skumstu | skumu | skumšu | — |
2nd pers. sg. | tu | skumsti | skumi | skumsi | skumsti |
3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | skumst | skuma | skums | lai skumst |
1st pers. pl. | mēs | skumstam | skumām | skumsim | skumsim |
2nd pers. pl. | jūs | skumstat | skumāt | skumsiet, skumsit |
skumstiet |
3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | skumst | skuma | skums | lai skumst |
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
Present | skumstot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | skumstošs | ||
Past | esot skumis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | skumdams | ||
Future | skumšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | skumstot | ||
Imperative | lai skumstot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | skumstam | ||
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | skumis | |||
Present | skumtu | Present Passive | — | ||
Past | būtu skumis | Past Passive | — | ||
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
Indicative | (būt) jāskumst | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | skumt | ||
Conjunctive 1 | esot jāskumst | Negative Infinitive | neskumt | ||
Conjunctive 2 | jāskumstot | Verbal noun | skumšana |
Synonyms
- bēdāt, bēdāties
- nomākt
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- apskumt
- noskumt
- paskumt
- saskumt
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skumt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN