melis

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Melis, from French sucre mélis, from Latin saccharum melitēnse (sugar of Malta).

Noun

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melis (singular definite melissen, not used in plural form)

  1. white sugar
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Gothic

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Romanization

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mēlis

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃

Latin

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Noun

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mēlis

  1. genitive singular of mēlēs

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Derived from the same stem as Latvian meli (lie, untruth) (q.v.), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.[1]

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Noun

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melis m (2nd declension, feminine form: mele)

  1. (male) liar, deceiver (someone who tells lies, who deceives others)
    meļu, blēžu un krāpnieku bandaa gang of liars, swindlers, and cheats
    atmaskot melito unmask a liar
    par Rabaru teica: tas esot tāds melis, ka pašu vilku varot izmelot no meža laukaabout Rabars they said: he is such a liar, he could even convince a wolf to come out of the woods

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN