See melns in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "balts"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "iemelns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "melnīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "melngans"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "melnais mežastrazds"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "melnums"
}
],
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"2": "bat-pro",
"3": "*mel(n)-",
"4": "",
"5": "black, blue"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Baltic *mel(n)- (“black, blue”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
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"1": "lv",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mel-",
"4": "",
"5": "dark, red, dirty"
},
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},
{
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"1": "lt",
"2": "mė́lynas",
"3": "",
"4": "blue"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian mė́lynas (“blue”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "prg",
"2": "melne",
"3": "",
"4": "bruise"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "mēla",
"3": "",
"4": "writing characters"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "mālōn",
"3": "",
"4": "to paint, to draw"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "malen",
"3": "",
"4": "to paint"
},
"expansion": "German malen (“to paint”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मल",
"3": "",
"4": "dirty"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirty”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "μέλας",
"3": "",
"4": "black, dark"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mulleus",
"3": "",
"4": "reddish"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "melnais",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "melnāks",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "vismelnākais",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "melni",
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "melns",
"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melniem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melniem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melno",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melno",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnajam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnajiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnajai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnajām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melno",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "melnajos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melnajā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "melno",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "melnais",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "melnie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "melno",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "melnā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "melnās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"10": "vismelnākais",
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"12": "melni",
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "definite",
"6": "melnais",
"7": "comparative",
"8": "melnāks",
"9": "superlative",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "melns (definite melnais, comparative melnāks, superlative vismelnākais, adverb melni)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "meln"
},
"expansion": "melns (definite melnais, comparative melnāks, superlative vismelnākais, adverb melni)",
"name": "lv-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "melnis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "balts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pelēks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sarkans"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sārts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oranžs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brūns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dzeltens"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zaļš"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zilzaļš"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ciāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zils"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "violets"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zilganviolets"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "indigo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fuksīns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rozā"
}
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9,
14
]
],
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11,
16
]
],
"english": "absolutely black",
"text": "absolūti melns",
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"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
]
],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "black board",
"text": "melna tāfele",
"translation": "black board",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
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],
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0,
5
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],
"english": "black cloud",
"text": "melns mākonis",
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},
{
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0,
5
]
],
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0,
5
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],
"english": "black hair",
"text": "melni mati",
"translation": "black hair",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
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],
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0,
5
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],
"english": "black as coal, as the night",
"text": "melns kā ogle, kā nakts",
"translation": "black as coal, as the night",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
7
]
],
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4,
9
]
],
"english": "the black continent (= Africa)",
"text": "melnais kontinents",
"translation": "the black continent (= Africa)",
"type": "example"
},
{
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5,
10
]
],
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18,
23
]
],
"english": "lady (dressed) in black",
"text": "dāma melnā",
"translation": "lady (dressed) in black",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"black (the color of something that absorbs all light and reflects none)"
],
"id": "en-melns-lv-adj-TGD6uAO1",
"links": [
[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"color",
"color#English"
],
[
"something",
"something#English"
],
[
"absorb",
"absorb#English"
],
[
"light",
"light#English"
],
[
"reflect",
"reflect#English"
]
]
},
{
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0,
5
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],
"english": "black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)",
"text": "melnā dzilna",
"translation": "black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
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],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "black rat (Rattus rattus)",
"text": "melnā žurka",
"translation": "black rat (Rattus rattus)",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
5
]
],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "black pine (Pinus nigra)",
"text": "melnā priede",
"translation": "black pine (Pinus nigra)",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
7
]
],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "black diamond",
"text": "melnais diamants",
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"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
5
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],
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0,
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],
"english": "black tea",
"text": "melnā tēja",
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"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
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],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "black coffee",
"text": "melna kafija",
"translation": "black coffee",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"black (much darker than the average of its kind)"
],
"id": "en-melns-lv-adj-bEmT8hBq",
"links": [
[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"dark",
"dark#English"
],
[
"average",
"average#English"
],
[
"kind",
"kind#English"
]
]
},
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"_dis": "18 16 41 3 20",
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},
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],
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"english": "a Black gentleman",
"text": "melns kungs",
"translation": "a Black gentleman",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
5
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],
"english": "the Black race",
"text": "melnā rase",
"translation": "the Black race",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
6
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],
"english": "the Black natives",
"text": "melnie iezemieši",
"translation": "the Black natives",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Black (of a person: of dark skin color)"
],
"id": "en-melns-lv-adj-q~OrprlZ",
"links": [
[
"Black",
"black"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
],
[
"dark",
"dark#English"
],
[
"skin",
"skin#English"
],
[
"color",
"color#English"
]
]
},
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0,
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"english": "black, dirty mouth",
"text": "melna mute",
"translation": "black, dirty mouth",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
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"english": "black, dirty hands",
"text": "melnas rokas",
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"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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]
]
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[
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],
"english": "black, dirty hands",
"text": "melnas rokas",
"translation": "black, dirty hands",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"dirty, smudged with something black or dark"
],
"links": [
[
"dirty",
"dirty"
],
[
"smudge",
"smudge"
],
[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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0,
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0,
4
]
],
"english": "dark power",
"text": "melnā vara",
"translation": "dark power",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "black magic",
"text": "melnā maģija",
"translation": "black magic",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
7
]
],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "black list",
"text": "melnais saraksts",
"translation": "black list",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
7
]
],
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[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "black market",
"text": "melnais tirgus",
"translation": "black market",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"dark (wrong, objectionable, unlawful)"
],
"links": [
[
"dark",
"dark"
],
[
"wrong",
"wrong#English"
],
[
"objectionable",
"objectionable#English"
],
[
"unlawful",
"unlawful#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "definite form",
"raw_glosses": [
"(definite form) dark (wrong, objectionable, unlawful)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[mǣlns]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-melns.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/Lv-riga-melns.ogg/Lv-riga-melns.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Lv-riga-melns.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lv:melnā krāsa"
],
"word": "melns"
}
Download raw JSONL data for melns meaning in Latvian (14.4kB)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latvian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (20da82b and a97feda). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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