melas
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”).
Adjective edit
melas
Usage notes edit
- The original Greek has distinct masculine, feminine and neuter forms, but in taxonomy the same form is found modifying masculine, feminine and neuter genus names, and thus the form is best treated as an indeclinable adjective.
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English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).
Noun edit
melas (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
- (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
melas
Anagrams edit
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“false, bad”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mẽlas m (plural melaĩ) stress pattern 4
Declension edit
Declension of mẽlas
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | mẽlas | melaĩ |
genitive (kilmininkas) | mẽlo | melų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | mẽlui | meláms |
accusative (galininkas) | mẽlą | melùs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | melù | melaĩs |
locative (vietininkas) | melè | meluosè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | mẽle | melaĩ |
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Portuguese edit
Verb edit
melas
Spanish edit
Noun edit
melas f pl