melis

See also: Melis

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. white sugar

Related terms

• flormelis

References

• “melis” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “melis” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Gothic

Romanization

mēlis

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmeː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.lis]

Noun

mēlis

1. genitive singular of mēlēs

References

• “melis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "melis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

melis m (2nd declension, female equivalent mele)

1. (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)

	singular	plural
nominative	melis	meļi
genitive	meļa	meļu
dative	melim	meļiem
accusative	meli	meļus
instrumental	meli	meļiem
locative	melī	meļos
vocative	meli	meļi

Related terms

• melīgs, melīgums
• melot