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

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