smäd

Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Russian смага (smaga, “heat”), Serbo-Croatian смаг/smag, смагнути/smagnuti (“to pine away”). Non-Slavic cognates include German schmauchen (“to puff away”), English smoke, Armenian մուխ (mux, “smoke”). The relation to Russian смуглый (smuglyj), Sanskrit समा (samā) (and German Sommer) is unclear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɛt/, /ˈsmæt/

Noun

smäd m (genitive singular smädu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. thirst

Derived terms
Declension of smäd
singulare tantum
nominative smäd
genitive smädu
dative smädu
accusative smäd
locative smäde
instrumental smädom

Further reading
  • smäd in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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