melas

From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”).

melas

1. (taxonomy) dark (in colour), black

• The original Greek has distinct masculine, feminine and neuter forms, but in taxonomy the same form is found modifying masculine, feminine and neuter genus names, and thus the form is best treated as an indeclinable adjective.

• Myelaphus melas
• Globicephala melas
• Anopheles melas
• Incagonum melas

From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).

melas (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
2. (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.

• (leprosy): alphos, leuce

melas

1. plural of mela

• EMALS, Lemas, Males, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, mesal, semla

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“false, bad”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲæːɫas/

mẽlas m (plural melaĩ) stress pattern 4

1. lie

• melagystė, netiesa

(Verbs)

• meluoti

(Nouns)

• melagis m / melagė f

melas

1. second-person singular present indicative of melar

melas f pl

1. plural of mela