melns

Latvian

Melns on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *mel(n)- (“black, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“dark, red, dirty”). Cognates include Lithuanian mė́lynas (“blue”), Old Prussian melne (“bruise”), Gothic mēla (“writing characters”), Old High German mālōn (“to paint, to draw”), German malen (“to paint”), Sanskrit मलः (malaḥ, “dirty”), Ancient Greek μέλας (“black, dark”) (< *melans), Latin mulleus (“reddish”) (< *mulneyos).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA: [mǣlns]

Adjective

Melns

melns (def. melnais, comp. melnāks, sup. vismelnākais; adv. melni)

black (the color of something that absorbs all light and reflects none)
absolūti melns — absolutely black

melna tāfele — black board

melns mākonis — black cloud

melni mati — black hair

melns kā ogle, kā nakts — black as coal, as the night

melnais kontinents — the black continent (= Africa)

dāma melnā — lady (dressed) in black
black (much darker than the average of its kind)
melnā dzilna — black woodpecker

melnā žurka — black rat

melnā priede — black pine

melnais diamants — black diamond

melnā tēja — black tea

melna kafija — black coffee
Black (a person of dark skin color)
melns kungs — a Black gentleman

melnā rase — the Black race

melnie iezemieši — the Black natives
dirty, smudged with something black or dark
melna mute — black, dirty mouth

melnas rokas — black, dirty hands
(definite form) dark (wrong, objectionable, unlawful)
melnā vara — dark power

melnā maģija — black magic

melnais saraksts — black list

melnais tirgus — black market

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of melns

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	melns	melni	melna	melnas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	melnu	melnus	melnu	melnas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	melna	melnu	melnas	melnu
dative (datīvs)	melnam	melniem	melnai	melnām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	melnu	melniem	melnu	melnām
locative (lokatīvs)	melnā	melnos	melnā	melnās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—