melis
See also: Melis
Gothic
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.lis/, [ˈmeː.lɪs]
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, 1883–1887)
Latvian
Etymology
Derived from the same stem as Latvian meli (“lie, untruth”) (q.v.), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
melis m (2nd declension, feminine form: mele)
- (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)
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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