gaišmatis

== Latvian == === Etymology === From gaišs (“clear, bright”) +‎ mats (“hair”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is). === Pronunciation === === Noun === gaišmatis m (2nd declension, female equivalent gaišmate) blond (a man having blond hair) mazo, tievo gaišmati Jorens iepazina Ļeņingradas frontē ― Jorens met the small, thin blond (man) on the Leningrad front man garām aizsteidzas glīts gaišmatis, nesot lielu kaudzi ķieģeļu ― a handsome blond (man) went past me, carrying a big pile of bricks ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== blondīns ==== Derived terms ==== gaišmatains ==== See also ==== rudmatis sirmmatis tumšmatis, brunets