[sīɾms]
CilmeFrom 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”).
- gray (having become grayish white after losing its original color)
“sirmi mati, grumbaina seja” — gray hair, wrinkled face
“sirma bārda” — gray beard
- gray, gray-haired (having gray hair)
“sirms vīrs” — gray-haired man
“sirma galva” — gray head
“sirmi deniņi” — gray temples
- gray (having a light gray or grayish white color, fur, plumage)
“sirma stirna” — gray doe
“sirma bebrāda” — gray beaver skin, fur
- figurativelygray, grayish white
“pār Daugavu kūp sirma migla” — over the Daugava (river) a gray fog spreads itself
- figurativelyvery old, ancient
“sirms vecums” — old (lit. gray) age
“nodzīvot sirmu mūžu” — to live a long (lit. gray) life
“sirmas majas” — old (lit. gray) houses
Formassirmais(definite) · sirmāks(comparative) · vissirmākais(superlative) · sirmi(adverb) · sirms(masculine, nominative, singular) · sirmi(masculine, nominative, plural) · sirma(feminine, nominative, singular) · sirmas(feminine, nominative, plural) · sirma(genitive, masculine, singular) · sirmu(genitive, masculine, plural) · sirmas(feminine, genitive, singular) · sirmu(feminine, genitive, plural) · sirmam(dative, masculine, singular) · sirmiem(dative, masculine, plural) · sirmai(dative, feminine, singular) · sirmām(dative, feminine, plural) · sirmu(accusative, masculine, singular) · sirmus(accusative, masculine, plural) · sirmu(accusative, feminine, singular) · sirmas(accusative, feminine, plural)
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