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melot
melot
See also: melót
Latvian
Etymology
From the same stema as meli (“lie(s)”), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mæluôt]
Verb
melot tr. or intr., 2nd conj., pres. meloju, melo, melo, past meloju
- to lie, to tell lies (to say something that is not true knowingly, intentionally)
- apzināti melot ― to lie deliberately
- kurš tad šodien tev meloja? ― who, then, lied to you like that?
- neviens cits neprata melot tik plaši un tik sirsnīgi ― nobody else knows how to lie so well and so sincerely
- viņi melo, ka valsts aizstāv visas tautas intereses ― they lie that the state protects the interests of all people
Conjugation
conjugation of melot
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) |
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| Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) |
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| 1st pers. sg. | es | meloju | meloju | melošu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | melo | meloji | melosi | melo |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | melo | meloja | melos | lai melo |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | melojam | melojām | melosim | melosim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | melojat | melojāt | melosiet, melosit |
melojiet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | melo | meloja | melos | lai melo |
| CONJUNCTIVE (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:
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Related terms
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7