sirmmatis
Latvian
Sirmmatis
Etymology
From sirms (“gray”) + mats (“hair”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is).
Noun
sirmmatis m (2nd declension, feminine form: sirmmate)
- gray-haired man (a man having gray hair)
- sirmmatis un jūra ― the gray-haired (= old) man and the sea
- sirmmatis man nevelta nekādu uzmanību ― the gray-haired man didn't pay any attention to me
Declension
Declension of sirmmatis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sirmmatis | sirmmati |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sirmmati | sirmmatus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sirmmata | sirmmatu |
| dative (datīvs) | sirmmatim | sirmmatiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sirmmati | sirmmatiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sirmmatī | sirmmatos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sirmmati | sirmmati |
Derived terms
- sirmmatains
See also
- gaišmatis, blondīns
- rudmatis
- tumšmatis, brunets