melaats
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch malaetsch, ultimately borrowed from Old French malade. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːˈlaːts/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: me‧laats
- Rhymes: -aːts
Adjective
melaats (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of melaats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | melaats | |||
| inflected | melaatse | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | melaats | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | melaatse | ||
| n. sing. | melaats | |||
| plural | melaatse | |||
| definite | melaatse | |||
| partitive | melaats | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: laaster, laster (dated)