мел

See also: мэл and мёл

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛɫ]

Participle

мел • (mel)

1. indefinite masculine singular past active aorist participle of мета́ (metá)

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Chechen

Pronoun

мел • (mel)

1. how much

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Ingush

Pronoun

мел • (mel)

1. how much

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Komi-Zyrian

Мел.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мел (mel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmel/, [ˈmeɫ]
• Hyphenation: мел

Noun

мел • (mel)

1. chalk

References

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 31
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 386

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Mariupol Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέλι (méli). Cognates include Greek μέλι (méli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲel/
• Hyphenation: мел

Noun

мел • (mjel) n

1. honey

Declension

Declension of мел
	singular	plural
nominative	мел (mjel)	меля (mjelja)
oblique	мел (mjel)	меляс (mjeljas)
*) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural.

References

• A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “мел”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 130
• G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса‎^[1], Donetsk, page 83

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Russian

Alternative forms

• мѣлъ (měl) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mělъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲeɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

мел • (mel) m inan (genitive ме́ла, uncountable, relational adjective мелово́й)

1. chalk
2. (geology) Cretaceous
3. (slang) cocaine

Declension

Declension of мел (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular
nominative	ме́л mél
genitive	ме́ла méla
dative	ме́лу mélu
accusative	ме́л mél
instrumental	ме́лом mélom
prepositional	ме́ле méle
partitive	ме́лу mélu
locative	мелу́ melú

Derived terms

• мелово́й пери́од (melovój períod)
• мело́к (melók)
• мелова́ть (melovátʹ), мелова́ние (melovánije), мело́ванный (melóvannyj)

Descendants

• → Komi-Zyrian: мел (mel)
• → Yakut: миэл (miel)