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) white sugar ==== Related terms ==== flormelis === References === “melis” in Den Danske Ordbog “melis” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Gothic == === Romanization === mēlis romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.lis] === Noun === mēlis 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, 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 === === Noun === melis m (2nd declension, female equivalent 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== melīgs, melīgums melot === References ===