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) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.lis/, [ˈmeːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lis/, [ˈmɛːlis]

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’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.

Pronunciation

(file)

Noun

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

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	melis	meļi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	meli	meļus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	meļa	meļu
dative (datīvs)	melim	meļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	meli	meļiem
locative (lokatīvs)	melī	meļos
vocative (vokatīvs)	meli	meļi

Related terms

• melīgs, melīgums
• melot