mella
See also: Mella, mellá, and mełła
Icelandic
Etymology
Unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛtla/
- Rhymes: -ɛtla
Noun
mella f (genitive singular mellu, nominative plural mellur)
- whore, hooker
- Synonym: vændiskona
Declension
declension of mella
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mella | mellan | mellur | mellurnar |
| accusative | mellu | melluna | mellur | mellurnar |
| dative | mellu | mellunni | mellum | mellunum |
| genitive | mellu | mellunnar | mella/mellna | mellanna/mellnanna |
Derived terms
- melludólgur (“pimp”)
- mellufær
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmel.la/, [ˈmɛlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmel.la/, [ˈmɛlːä]
Noun
mella
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mel
Noun
mella f (genitive mellae); first declension
- honey-water
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mella | mellae |
| Genitive | mellae | mellārum |
| Dative | mellae | mellīs |
| Accusative | mellam | mellās |
| Ablative | mellā | mellīs |
| Vocative | mella | mellae |
Related terms
Related terms
- mel
- melculum
- melina
- melinus
- mellāceum
- mellārium
- mellārius
- mellātiō
- melleus
- melliculum
- melliculus
- mellifer
- mellifex
- mellificium
- mellificō
- mellificus
- mellifluēns
- mellifluus
- melliger
- mellīgō
- mellilla
- mellinia
- mellītulus
- mellītus
- mellō
- mellōsus
References
- “mella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “mella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mella”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| m-l-l |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic مَلَّة (malla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛl.la/
Noun
mella f (plural melliet)
- disgust
Spanish
Etymology
From the verb mellar.
Noun
mella f (plural mellas)
- nick, dent, scratch
- impression
Related terms
- mellar
Verb
mella
- inflection of mellar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “mella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014