tumšmate
See also: tumšmatē
Latvian
Etymology
From tumšs (“dark”) + mats (“hair”) + -e (“fem.”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tumšmate f (5th declension, masculine form: tumšmatis)
- brunette, dark-haired woman (a woman having dark — brown or black — hair)
- divas sievietes savā starpā pazīstamas: viena - sārta, apaļa tumšmate, ap gadiem trīsdesmit ― two women among them were known: one (of them) - pink, round brunette, about thirty years of age
- pie loga gulta, tajā sēž sīka tumšmate ar zilganām ēnām izdilušajos vaigos ― by the window a bed, on it was sitting a small brunette with bluish shadows in her skinny cheeks
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tumšmate | tumšmates |
| genitive | tumšmates | tumšmatu |
| dative | tumšmatei | tumšmatēm |
| accusative | tumšmati | tumšmates |
| instrumental | tumšmati | tumšmatēm |
| locative | tumšmatē | tumšmatēs |
| vocative | tumšmate | tumšmates |