melis
See also: Melis
Gothic
Romanization
mēlis
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.lis/, [ˈmeːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.lis/, [ˈmɛːlis]
Noun
(deprecated template usage) mēlis
References
- “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
Etymology
Derived from the same stem as Latvian meli (“lie, untruth”) (q.v.), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
Declension of melis (2nd declension)
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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