Meaning of sirms | Babel Free

Definitions

1. gray (having become grayish white after losing its original color)
2. gray, gray-haired (having gray hair)
3. gray (having a light gray or grayish white color, fur, plumage)
4. gray, grayish white
   figuratively
5. very old, ancient
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“sirmi mati, grumbaina seja”

gray hair, wrinkled face

“sirma bārda”

gray beard

“sirms vīrs”

gray-haired man

“sirma galva”

gray head

“sirmi deniņi”

gray temples

“sirma stirna”

gray doe

“sirma bebrāda”

gray beaver skin, fur

“pār Daugavu kūp sirma migla”

over the Daugava (river) a gray fog spreads itself

“sirms vecums”

old (lit. gray) age

“nodzīvot sirmu mūžu”

to live a long (lit. gray) life

“sirmas majas”

old (lit. gray) houses

“sirmā Rīga”

old (lit. gray) Rīga

“sirma senatne, senatnība”

very distant past, ancient times (lit. gray antiquity)

CEFR level