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See also: Melis
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Melis, from French sucre mélis, from Latin saccharum melitēnse (sugar of Malta).
Noun[edit]
melis (singular definite melissen, not used in plural form)
- white sugar
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Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mēlis
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.lis/, [ˈmeːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.lis/, [ˈmɛːlis]
Noun[edit]
mēlis
References[edit]
- “melis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- melis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the same stem as Latvian meli (“lie, untruth”) (q.v.), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
melis m (2nd declension, feminine form: mele)
- (male) liar, deceiver (someone who tells lies, who deceives others)
- meļu, blēžu un krāpnieku banda ― a gang of liars, swindlers, and cheats
- atmaskot meli ― to unmask a liar
- par Rabaru teica: tas esot tāds melis, ka pašu vilku varot izmelot no meža lauka ― about Rabars they said: he is such a liar, he could even convince a wolf to come out of the woods
Declension[edit]
Declension of melis (2nd declension)
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References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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