sirmmate

See also: sirmmatē

Latvian

Etymology

From sirms (“gray”) +‎ mats (“hair”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

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Noun

sirmmate f (5th declension, masculine form: sirmmatis)

1. gray-haired woman (a woman having gray hair)

   krāsoju ik pēc 2 mēnešiem, ja nekrāsotu, būtu sirmmate ― I have been painting (my hair) for two months, if I didn't paint, I would be a gray-haired woman

   blondīne, pareizāk sirmmate izskatījās apmulsusi tāpat kā otra sēdētāja ― the blonde or, more accurately, the gray-haired woman looked as embarrassed as the other sitting (woman)

Declension

Declension of sirmmate (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	sirmmate	sirmmates
genitive	sirmmates	sirmmatu
dative	sirmmatei	sirmmatēm
accusative	sirmmati	sirmmates
instrumental	sirmmati	sirmmatēm
locative	sirmmatē	sirmmatēs
vocative	sirmmate	sirmmates

Related terms

• sirmmatains

See also

• gaišmate, blondīne
• rudmate
• tumšmate, brunete