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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | melīgums | — |
| genitive | melīguma | — |
| dative | melīgumam | — |
| accusative | melīgumu | — |
| instrumental | melīgumu | — |
| locative | melīgumā | — |
| vocative | melīgum | — |