sirms

From Proto-Baltic *śirˀmas, from *ḱr̥-m-os (with a suffix -m), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *ḱer-, *ḱr̥- (“gray color”), whence also sērsna (“frozen snow layer”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian ši̇̀rmas, šir̃mas, šir̃vas (“gray”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [sīɾms]

sirms (definite sirmais, comparative sirmāks, superlative vissirmākais, adverb sirmi)

1. (of hair, beard, etc) gray (having become grayish white after losing its original color)

   sirmi mati, grumbaina seja ― gray hair, wrinkled face

   sirma bārda ― gray beard

2. (of people, people's body parts) gray, gray-haired (having gray hair)

   sirms vīrs ― gray-haired man

   sirma galva ― gray head

   sirmi deniņi ― gray temples

3. (of animals, birds) gray (having a light gray or grayish white color, fur, plumage)

   sirma stirna ― gray doe

   sirma bebrāda ― gray beaver skin, fur

4. (figuratively) gray, grayish white

   pār Daugavu kūp sirma migla ― over the Daugava (river) a gray fog spreads itself

5. (figuratively) very old, ancient

   sirms vecums ― old (lit. gray) age

   nodzīvot sirmu mūžu ― to live a long (lit. gray) life

   sirmas majas ― old (lit. gray) houses

   sirmā Rīga ― old (lit. gray) Rīga

   sirma senatne, senatnība ― very distant past, ancient times (lit. gray antiquity)

• iesirms
• sirmmatains, sirmmatis, sirmmate

• sirmis