rudmatis
Latvian
Etymology
From ruds (“red, reddish”) + mats (“hair”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is).
Pronunciation
Noun
rudmatis m (2nd declension, feminine form: rudmate)
- (male) redhead, red-haired man (a man having red hair)
- sengrieķi uzskatīja, ka rudmatis pēc savas nāves pārvēršas par kaut ko vampīram lidzīgu ― the Ancient Greeks thought that a readhead, after his death, would become something like a vampire
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rudmatis | rudmati |
| genitive | rudmata | rudmatu |
| dative | rudmatim | rudmatiem |
| accusative | rudmati | rudmatus |
| instrumental | rudmati | rudmatiem |
| locative | rudmatī | rudmatos |
| vocative | rudmati | rudmati |