melot

See also: melót

Finnish

Verb

melot

  1. second-person singular present indicative of meloa

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as meli (lie(s)), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mæɫuô̯t]
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Verb

melot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present meloju, melo, melo, past meloju)

  1. to lie, to tell lies (to say something that is not true knowingly, intentionally)
    apzināti melotto lie deliberately
    kurš tad šodien tev meloja?who, then, lied to you like that?
    neviens cits neprata melot tik plaši un tik sirsnīginobody else knows how to lie so well and so sincerely
    viņi melo, ka valsts aizstāv visas tautas interesesthey lie that the state protects the interests of all people

Conjugation

Conjugation of melot
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es meloju meloju melošu
2nd person sg tu melo meloji melosi melo
3rd person sg viņš, viņa melo meloja melos lai melo
1st person pl mēs melojam melojām melosim melosim
2nd person pl jūs melojat melojāt melosiet,
melosit
melojiet
3rd person pl viņi, viņas melo meloja melos lai melo
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
present melojot present active 1 (adj.) melojošs
past esot melojis present active 2 (adv.) melodams
future melošot present active 3 (adv.) melojot
imperative lai melojot present active 4 (obj.) melojam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active melojis
present melotu present passive
past būtu melojis past passive
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
indicative (būt) jāmelo infinitive (nenoteiksme) melot
conjunctive 1 esot jāmelo negative infinitive nemelot
conjunctive 2 jāmelojot verbal noun melošana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • apmelot
  • iemelot
  • izmelot
  • pamelot
  • piemelot
  • samelot

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN