matains

Latvian

From mats (“hair”) +‎ -ains.

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matains (definite matainais, comparative mataināks, superlative vismatainākais, adverb mataini)

(of people) hairy (having abundant, long, usually neglected, unkempt, hair)
viegla kā balts taurenis viņa lidinās apkārt krēslam, kurā sēž kāds bārdains vai matains vīrs ― light as a white butterfly, she hovered around the chair on which some bearded, hairy man was sitting
(of human body parts) hairy (where hair grows)
vīrieši nolieca matainās galvas un plikos pakaušus ― the men bowed (their) hairy heads and naked (= hairless) napes
(of insects, arthropods) hairy (having little hairs or hair-like appendages)
sīlis iznīcina matainos kāpurus ― the jay (bird) destroyed the hairy caterpillars
(of plants, their parts) hairy (having hairs or hair-like appendages)
matainas lapas ― hairy leaves

ārstnieciskā verbena ir nedaudz matains lakstaugs ― the medicinal verbena is a slightly hairy herbaceous plant

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of matains

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	matains	mataini	mataina	matainas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	matainu	matainus	matainu	matainas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	mataina	matainu	matainas	matainu
dative (datīvs)	matainam	matainiem	matainai	matainām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	matainu	matainiem	matainu	matainām
locative (lokatīvs)	matainā	matainos	matainā	matainās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—