gaišmatis

From gaišs (“clear, bright”) +‎ mats (“hair”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is).

gaišmatis m (2nd declension, feminine form: gaišmate)

1. 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

• blondīns

• gaišmatains

• rudmatis
• sirmmatis
• tumšmatis, brunets