mal

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French mal (“‘illness’”).

[edit] Noun

Singular
mal

Plural
mals

mal (plural mals)

  1. (only in set phrases) Illness, affliction.
    a grand mal seizure
  2. (surfing) Contraction of malibu. (the longboard type of surfboard).

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[edit] Albanian

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A substratum word, akin to Romanian mal.

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mal m. (indefinite plural male, definite singular mali, definite plural malet)

  1. mount
  2. mountain

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declension of mal
indefinite forms definite forms
singular plural singular plural
nominative mal male mali malet
accusative mal male malin malet
genitive
(i/e/të/së)		 mali maleve malit maleve
dative mali maleve malit maleve
ablative mali maleve malit maleve

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mal f. (plural mallen, diminutive malletje, plural diminutive malletjes)

  1. A device to help drawing shapes, a mold
  2. A device to help shaping objects in plaster or plastics etc.

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mal m. (f & pl malle)

  1. funny, crazy, lacking common sense

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The adjective mal always refers to an aspect of a thing or person. It is the adjective form of the noun mallerd.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Old French mal, from Latin malus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“‘bad, wrong’”). Near cognates include Spanish malo and Italian male.

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mal m. (plural maux)

  1. trouble, difficulty
    J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà. (“I have trouble imagining that.”)
  2. pain
    J'ai mal à la tête. (“I have a headache.” Literally, “I have pain at the head.”)
  3. evil

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mal

  1. badly
    C'est mal fait. (“It's done badly.”)

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mal

  1. (in set phrases and limited constructions) bad
    bon an, mal an
    bon gré, mal gré
    Il est mal de [infinitive]
    C'est mal de [infinitive]

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  • Anagrams of alm
  • AML

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mal

  1. times
    sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig
    six times seven is forty-two — 6 × 7 = 42

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[edit] Etymology 1

From mala (“‘to purr’”).

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mal n.

  1. purr
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declension of mal
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mal malið - -
accusative mal malið - -
dative mali malinu - -
genitive mals malsins - -

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See malur.

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mal

  1. Accusative singular of malur.

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Etymology

From Latin malus

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mal

  1. bad
  2. evil

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mal

  1. badly, poorly
  2. wrongfully, mis-

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mal

  1. bad, badness, something bad
  2. evil
  3. illness
  4. pain, ache

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mal m. inv.

  1. Apocopic form of male.

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mal f.

  1. home, house

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mal (m)

  1. template

[edit] Old French

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Latin malus.

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mal

  1. evilly
  2. badly; poorly

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mal m. (oblique plural maus, nominative singular maus, nominative plural mal)

  1. evil
  2. pain, suffering

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  • French: mal (adverb and noun)

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mal (comparative pior, superlative o pior)

  1. badly (faulty; not functional)
  2. erroneously, wrongly
  3. hardly

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mal

  1. hardly

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mal m.

  1. evil
  2. sickness

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Dacian *mala or *malwa (attested in 'Dacia Maluensis') (< Proto-Indo-European *molH-). Has an Albanian cognate, mal (“‘mountain’”).

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mal (plural maluri)

  1. shore

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From Proto-Slavic *malъ, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁los.

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  • IPA: /mâːl/

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mȃl (definite mȃlī, comparative mȁnjī, Cyrillic spelling ма̑л)

  1. small

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    positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mal mala malo
genitive mala male mala
dative malu maloj malu
accusative inanimate
animate		 mal
mala		 malu malo
vocative mal mala malo
locative malu maloj malu
instrumental malim malom malim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mali male mala
genitive malih malih malih
dative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
accusative male male mala
vocative mali male mala
locative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
instrumental malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
    positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mali mala malo
genitive malog(a) male malog(a)
dative malom(u/e) maloj malom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 mali
malog(a)		 malu malo
vocative mali mala malo
locative malom(e/u) maloj malom(e/u)
instrumental malim malom malim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mali male mala
genitive malih malih malih
dative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
accusative male male mala
vocative mali male mala
locative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
instrumental malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
    comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative manji manja manje
genitive manjeg(a) manje manjeg(a)
dative manjem(u) manjoj manjem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 manji
manjeg(a)		 manju manje
vocative manji manja manje
locative manjem(u) manjoj manjem(u)
instrumental manjim manjom manjim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative manji manje manja
genitive manjih manjih manjih
dative manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)
accusative manje manje manja
vocative manji manje manja
locative manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)
instrumental manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)
    superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najmanji najmanja najmanje
genitive najmanjeg(a) najmanje najmanjeg(a)
dative najmanjem(u) najmanjoj najmanjem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 najmanji
najmanjeg(a)		 najmanju najmanje
vocative najmanji najmanja najmanje
locative najmanjem(u) najmanjoj najmanjem(u)
instrumental najmanjim najmanjom najmanjim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najmanji najmanje najmanja
genitive najmanjih najmanjih najmanjih
dative najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)
accusative najmanje najmanje najmanja
vocative najmanji najmanje najmanja
locative najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)
instrumental najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)

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[edit] Spanish

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  • IPA: [mäl], /mal/

[edit] Etymology

From Latin malus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“‘bad, wrong’”).

[edit] Adjective

mal m. (apocopate, standard form malo)

  1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of malo. bad; evil

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The adjective form mal is only used before a singular masculin noun. In other positions, malo is used instead.

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mal (comparative peor)

  1. badly; poorly

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mal m. (plural malos)

Singular
mal m.

Plural
malos m.
  • (Confirmation of this inflected form is sought) malos
  1. evil; harm; a bad thing or situation
    de mal en peor — “from bad to worse”

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mal c.

  1. moth
  2. wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

[edit] Declension

Inflection for mal Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form mal malen malar malarna
Possessive form mals malens malars malarnas

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[edit] Verb

mal

  1. imperative of mala.
  2. present tense of mala.

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic مال (māl), “‘property’”).

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mal

  1. assets
  2. (slang) stupid person
  3. (slang) prostitute
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