smäd

See also: smæð

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 inan (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

Related terms

• smädný

Further reading

• “smäd”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024