melot

melot

1. second-person singular present indicative of meloa

• melto

From the same stema as meli (“lie(s)”), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]

• IPA^(key): [mæɫuô̯t]

melot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present meloju, melo, melo, past meloju)

1. 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

prefixed verbs:

• meli, melīgs, melīgums
• melis, mele