Noun: melis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | melis |
| Accusative | meli |
| Genitive | meļa |
| Dative | melim |
| Instrumental | meli |
| Locative | melī |
| Vocative | meli |
Plural
| Nominative | meļi |
| Accusative | meļus |
| Genitive | meļu |
| Dative | meļiem |
| Instrumental | meļiem |
| Locative | meļos |
| Vocative | meļi |
Sample Sentences
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meļu, blēžu un krāpnieku banda (a gang of liars, swindlers, and cheats)
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atmaskot meli (to unmask a liar)
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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)
Nouns inflected like melis
seklis,
skaitlis,
vēdeklis,
ķeblis,
vēceklis,
krauklis,
sēklis,
bacilis,
skrimslis,
pedālis,
zaglis,
numerālis,
uzgalis,
portugālis,
spieģelis,
paeglis,
kabatzaglis,
gaismeklis,
cīrulis,
sabulis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from the same stem as Latvian meli (“lie, untruth”) (q.v.), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun. See: Latvian Nouns '
meli'.
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