sirmmate
See also: sirmmatē
Latvian
Etymology
From sirms (“gray”) + mats (“hair”) + -e (“fem.”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sirmmate f (5th declension, masculine form: sirmmatis)
- 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sirmmate | sirmmates |
| genitive | sirmmates | sirmmatu |
| dative | sirmmatei | sirmmatēm |
| accusative | sirmmati | sirmmates |
| instrumental | sirmmati | sirmmatēm |
| locative | sirmmatē | sirmmatēs |
| vocative | sirmmate | sirmmates |