Noun: smaids
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | smaids |
| Accusative | smaidu |
| Genitive | smaida |
| Dative | smaidam |
| Instrumental | smaidu |
| Locative | smaidā |
| Vocative | smaid |
Plural
| Nominative | smaidi |
| Accusative | smaidus |
| Genitive | smaidu |
| Dative | smaidiem |
| Instrumental | smaidiem |
| Locative | smaidos |
| Vocative | smaidi |
Sample Sentences
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sirsnīgs smaids (sincere, warm smile)
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labvēlīgs smaids (benevolent smile)
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saulains smaids (sunny smile)
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savilkt lūpas smaidā (to pull one's lips into a smile)
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izspiest smaidu (to squeeze out a smile (to force oneself to smile))
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tavs smaids tik skaists un nemirstošs (your smile, so beautiful and immortal)
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šim jaunajam bija labs smaids: silts un kautrīgs (this young one had a good smile: warm and shy)
Nouns inflected like smaids
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the same stem as the verb smaidīt (“to smile”) (q.v.), made into a first declension masculine noun (ending -s).
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