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melas

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See also: mêlas, mēļas, mēļās, and MELAS

Translingual

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, dark, black).

Adjective

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melas

  1. (taxonomy) dark (in colour), black

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, black).

Noun

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melas (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
  2. (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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melas

  1. plural of mela

Anagrams

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Lithuanian

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Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (false, bad).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mẽlas m (plural melai̇̃) stress pattern 4

  1. lie

Declension

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Declension of mẽlas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) mẽlas melai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas) mẽlo melų̃
dative (naudininkas) mẽlui meláms
accusative (galininkas) mẽlą melùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) melù melai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas) melè meluosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) mẽle melai̇̃

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(Nouns)

Portuguese

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Verb

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melas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of melar

Spanish

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Noun

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melas f pl

  1. plural of mela