tumšmatains

Latvian

Etymology

From tumšs (“dark”) +‎ matains (“hairy”) (with matains from mats (“hair”) +‎ -ains).

Adjective

tumšmatains (definite tumšmatainais, comparative tumšmataināks, superlative vistumšmatainākais, adverb tumšmataini)

1. dark-haired (having dark, black hair)

   tumšmataina meitene ― dark-haired girl

   vai viņa netic spogulim, kas atstaro slaidu, tumšmatainu, skaistu meiteni? ― does she not believe the mirror, which reflects a slim, dark-haired pretty girl?

   viņš bija izskatīgs, tumšmatains, dzirkstošām, brūnām acīm ― he was handsome, dark-haired, with sparkling brown eyes

Declension

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of tumšmatains

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	tumšmatains	tumšmataini		tumšmataina	tumšmatainas
genitive	tumšmataina	tumšmatainu		tumšmatainas	tumšmatainu
dative	tumšmatainam	tumšmatainiem		tumšmatainai	tumšmatainām
accusative	tumšmatainu	tumšmatainus		tumšmatainu	tumšmatainas
instrumental	tumšmatainu	tumšmatainiem		tumšmatainu	tumšmatainām
locative	tumšmatainā	tumšmatainos		tumšmatainā	tumšmatainās
vocative	—	—		—	—

Related terms

• tumšmatis, tumšmate

See also

• gaišmatains, gaišmatis, gaišmate
• rudmatains, rudmatis, rudmate
• sirmmatains, sirmmatis, sirmmate