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Latvian
Etymology
From mats (“hair”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
Adjective
matains (definite matainais, comparative mataināks, superlative vismatainākais, adverb mataini)
- (of people) hairy (having abundant, long, usually neglected, unkempt, hair)
- viegla kā balts taurenis viņa lidinās apkārt krēslam, kurā sēž kāds bārdains vai matains vīrs ― light as a white butterfly, she hovered around the chair on which some bearded, hairy man was sitting
- (of human body parts) hairy (where hair grows)
- vīrieši nolieca matainās galvas un plikos pakaušus ― the men bowed (their) hairy heads and naked (= hairless) napes
- (of insects, arthropods) hairy (having little hairs or hair-like appendages)
- sīlis iznīcina matainos kāpurus ― the jay (bird) destroyed the hairy caterpillars
- (of plants, their parts) hairy (having hairs or hair-like appendages)
- matainas lapas ― hairy leaves
- ārstnieciskā verbena ir nedaudz matains lakstaugs ― the medicinal verbena is a slightly hairy herbaceous plant
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