šausmas

== Latvian == === Etymology === From an unattested verb *šaust (“make (hair, feathers) stand”) (compare Lithuanian šiaũsti (“to dishevel, to comb upward; to raise (feathers)”)), from Proto-Baltic *šiaus-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱew- (“to swell, to bend”) (hence “protrude, ruffle, make stand”), with an extra -s. The meaning “to make (hair) stand” became in the noun šausmas “great fear, terror”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃāūsmas] === Noun === šausmas f (4th declension) terror, horror (very intense fear) šausmu pārņemts ― horror-struck iedvest šausmas ― to inspire horror, terror iekliegties no šausmām ― to cry out in horror šausmu kliedziens ― horror scream sastingt šausmās ― to freeze in terror, horror terror, horror (very bad events that (may) cause intense fear) kara šausmas ― the horror of war šausmu lietas ― horrible things, affairs šausmu filma ― horror movie ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== šausmīgs === References ===