gaišmatains

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gaišs (clear, bright) +‎ matains (hairy) (with matains from mats (hair) +‎ -ains.

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gaišmatains (definite gaišmatainais, comparative gaišmataināks, superlative visgaišmatainākais, adverb gaišmataini)

  1. blond, fair-haired (having light, yellowish hair)
    gaišmatains bērns, zēnsfair-haired child, boy
    gaišmataina meitene, sievietefair-haired girl, woman
    gaišmataina galvafair-haired head
    Anitu Ivars ieraudzīja tūlīt: viņa valsēja ar garu, gaišmatainu puisiIvars immediately saw Anita: she was waltzing with a tall, fair-haired young man
    mums pretim skrēja mazā, gaišmataina Marītethe small, fair-haired Marīte ran towards us

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