Meaning of skumjas | Babel Free

Definitions

1. locative plural of skumjas
   feminine, form-of, locative, plural
2. sadness, grief (emotional state characterized by feelings of sorrow, loss, painful yearnings, failure, frustration, etc.)
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“just skumjas”

to feel sadness

“dziļas, vieglas skumjas”

deep, light sadness

“dziesmas kļuva arvien sērīgākas un visiem uzmācās vieglas skumjas”

the song became more and more melancholic and all people felt a light sadness

“savādas skumjas pēdējā laikā nomāca Čāpstinu... viņš ziemā sevišķi asi izjuta, ka viņam nav māju”

a certain sadness had recently depressed Čāpstins... especially in winter he felt sharply that he didn't have a house

“Kaspars neko nenožēlo!... tikai nebijušas šīs sasodītās skumjas, kas spiež viņu ar tādu smagumu, ka gribas rēkt kā lācim lamatās”

Kaspars doesn't regret anyhting!... if only there wasn't this damned sadness that pressed him down with such heaviness that he wanted to roar like a bear in a trap

CEFR level