sukāt

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See also: sukat, šukat, and sūkāt

Latvian

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Sukāt linus (3)
Sukāt matus (1)

Etymology

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From the same stem as suka (brush) (q.v.), made into a second conjugation verb stem (ending -āt).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sukāt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present sukāju, sukā, sukā, past sukāju)

  1. (of people) to brush, to comb (to smooth one's hair with a brush, a comb)
    sukāt matusto brush one's hair
    sukāt galvuto brush one's head (= hair)
    jo intensīvāk matus sukā, jo tiem dabiskāks kritumsthe more intensively (one) brushes (one's) hair, the more naturally they fall
    kauna, kauna tev, meitiņa, / nesukāti tev matiņi!shame, shame on you, girl / your hair is not brushed (unkempt)
  2. (of animals) to brush (to smooth, also to clean, an animal, its fur, with a brush)
    kučieris staļļa priekšā sukā un tīra zirgusthe coachman brushes and cleans the horses in front of the stable
  3. (of flax, hemp and similar plants) to heckle, to comb with a heckle (to pull the fiberss through a heckle — a brush-like instrumentin order to remove the straw from the fibers)
    sukāt linusto comb, to heckle flax
    nu viņa izskatījās visa kā sukātu linu saujanow she looked as if she were combing some flax
  4. (colloquial) to birch, to thrash, to beat, usually as punishment
    nu atkal māte sukās par nedarbiemnow again mother will thrash me for (my) mischief
    “Labdien, cienījams skolas kungs!” māte sveicināja paklanīdamās un stūma dēlu uz priekšu: “atvedu jums ko sukāt vienu palaidni”“good morning, honored school principal!” the mother greeted with abow and pushed (her) son forward: “I am bringing you a mischief-maker to punish
  5. (colloquial) to gobble, to eat hastily, with great appetite
    sukāt maizito eat, to gobble (lit. brush) bread
    sukā tikai visu nost!just eat (lit. brush) it all up!
    te pārdevēji katru brīdi varēja sēst klāt un sukāt par velti kunga speķi un kāpostushere the salesmen could at any moment sit down and quickly eat bacon and cabbage for free
    tikko ticis atpakaļ laivā, šis jau raisa maisu vaļā un ņemas sukāt, it kā ābolu neredzējisas soon as he was back on the boat, he opened the bag and started eating (lit. brushing), as if he hadn't seen the apple
  6. (colloquial) to go fast, to run
    tur būs labs gabals ko sukātthere will be a lot (of distance) to run (lit. to brush) there
    līdz tilta viņam galam ir krietni ko sukātto the bridge he really had a lot (of distance) to run (lit. to brush)
    sukājām kājām pa šosejuwe ran (lit. brushed) on foot on the road

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “suka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN