rudmatis
Latvian
Rudmatis
Etymology
From ruds (“red, reddish”) + mats (“hair”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is).
Noun
rudmatis m (2nd declension, feminine form: rudmate)
- (male) redhead, red-haired man (a man having red hair)
- sengrieķi uzskatīja, ka rudmatis pēc savas nāves pārvēršas par kaut ko vampīram lidzīgu ― the Ancient Greeks thought that a readhead, after his death, would become something like a vampire
Declension
Declension of rudmatis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | rudmatis | rudmati |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | rudmati | rudmatus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | rudmata | rudmatu |
| dative (datīvs) | rudmatim | rudmatiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | rudmati | rudmatiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | rudmatī | rudmatos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | rudmati | rudmati |
Derived terms
- rudmatains
See also
- gaišmatis, blondīns
- sirmmatis
- tumšmatis, brunets