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)

1. 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