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	plural
nominative	sirmmatis	sirmmati
genitive	sirmmata	sirmmatu
dative	sirmmatim	sirmmatiem
accusative	sirmmati	sirmmatus
instrumental	sirmmati	sirmmatiem
locative	sirmmatī	sirmmatos
vocative	sirmmati	sirmmati

Derived terms

• sirmmatains

See also

• gaišmatis, blondīns
• rudmatis
• tumšmatis, brunets