gaišmatis
Latvian
Etymology
From gaišs (“clear, bright”) + mats (“hair”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is).
Pronunciation
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Noun
gaišmatis m (2nd declension, feminine form: gaišmate)
- blond (a man having blond hair)
- mazo, tievo gaišmati Jorens iepazina Ļeņingradas frontē ― Jorens met the small, thin blond (man) on the Leningrad front
- man garām aizsteidzas glīts gaišmatis, nesot lielu kaudzi ķieģeļu ― a handsome blond (man) went past me, carrying a big pile of bricks
Declension
Declension of gaišmatis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | gaišmatis | gaišmati |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | gaišmati | gaišmatus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | gaišmata | gaišmatu |
| dative (datīvs) | gaišmatim | gaišmatiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | gaišmati | gaišmatiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | gaišmatī | gaišmatos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | gaišmati | gaišmati |