mēļš
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Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as melns (q.v.): Proto-Baltic *mel-n, from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“dark, red color; dirty”). Interestingly, the same stem gave rise to blue- and black-color terms in Baltic languages. Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal mė́las (“blue”), Sudovian mełno (“black”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
mēļš (definite mēļais, comparative mēļāks, superlative vismēļākais, adverb mēļi)
- dark blue, blue with a tone of violet
- mēļš tērps ― dark blue suit
- mēļas asteres ― dark blue asters (= aster flowers)
- mēļa krēsla ― dark blue dusk
- villaines audums bijis krāsots tumši zilā, mēļā krāsā ― wollen shawl fabric was died dark blue, violet-blue
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of mēļš
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mēļš | mēļi | mēļa | mēļas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mēļu | mēļus | mēļu | mēļas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mēļa | mēļu | mēļas | mēļu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | mēļam | mēļiem | mēļai | mēļām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mēļu | mēļiem | mēļu | mēļām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | mēļā | mēļos | mēļā | mēļās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
See also
- krāsa
- Basic colors:
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “melns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN