See also: Mella, mellá, and mełła

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unclear.

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NounEdit

mella f (genitive singular mellu, nominative plural mellur)

  1. whore, hooker
    Synonym: vændiskona

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From mel (honey).

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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mella

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mel

NounEdit

mella f (genitive mellae); first declension

  1. honey-water

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mella mellae
Genitive mellae mellārum
Dative mellae mellīs
Accusative mellam mellās
Ablative mellā mellīs
Vocative mella mellae

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ReferencesEdit

  • mella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mella 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)
  • mella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • mella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mella”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

MalteseEdit

Root
m-l-l
3 terms

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic مَلَّة(malla).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mella f (plural melliet)

  1. disgust

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the verb mellar.

NounEdit

mella f (plural mellas)

  1. nick, dent, scratch
  2. impression

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VerbEdit

mella

  1. inflection of mellar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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