melīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From melīgs (“lying, deceitful”) + -ums (with melīgs from meli (“lie, falsehood”) + -īgs).
Noun
melīgums m (1st declension)
- falsehood, falsity, deceitfulness (the quality of that which is deceitful, which lies)
- viņas skatienā ir kaut kas tāds, kas atgrūž... kaut kāda skaudība un melīgums ― in her gaze there is something that repels... some sort of envy and falsity, deceitfulness
Declension
Declension of melīgums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | melīgums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | melīgumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | melīguma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | melīgumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | melīgumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | melīgumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | melīgum | — |
Related terms
- meli
- melis, mele
- melot