mala

See also mála, màla, måla, mäla, malā, and mała

English

Etymology 1

Latin mala (“jaw, cheek”)

Noun

mala (plural malae)

1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.

Etymology 2

see malum.

Noun

mala

1. Plural form of malum

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit माला (mālā, “wreath, garland, crown”).

Noun

mala (plural malas or mala)

1. A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.

External links

• Hindu prayer beads on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hindu prayer beads

Anagrams

• alma, Alma, lama

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Breton

Verb

mala

1. to grind

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Esperanto

Adjective

mala (plural malaj, accusative singular malan, accusative plural malajn)

1. opposite

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mala.

Verb

mala

1. To grind.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mala

mala, v-58
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	mali	melur	melur	mala
Past	mól	mól(st)	mól	mólu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	mal !	—	malið !
Infinitive	mala
Pres. part.	malandi
Past part. a26	malin
Supine	malið

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

Etymology

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Verb

mala weak verb (third person singular past indicative malaði, supine malað)

1. to grind
   • Hættu að mala kornið!

     Stop grinding the corn!

2. to purr
   • Oo, hlustiði á köttinn mala.

     Oh, listen to the cat purr.

3. to blabber, to babble, to talk
   • Hann hættir bara ekki að mala.

     He just won't stop babbling!

Synonyms

• (grind): mylja, steyta
• (babble): babla, masa, þvæla, blaðra

Derived terms

• mölun
• mal

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Ido

Adjective

mala

1. bad

Antonyms

• bona

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mala.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [ˈmˠɑl̪ˠə]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [ˈmˠal̪ˠə]

Noun

mala f (genitive mala, nominative plural malaí)

1. brow, eyebrow

Declension

Declension of mala

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mala malaí Vocative a mhala a mhalaí Genitive mala malaí Dative mala malaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhala na malaí Genitive na mala na malaí Dative leis an mala don mhala leis na malaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mala	mhala	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Noun

mala f (plural male)

1. underworld, gangland

Anagrams

• alma, lama

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Latin

Noun

māla (genitive mālae); f, first declension

1. cheekbone, jaw
2. cheek

Adjective

mala

1. feminine nominative singular of malus
2. feminine vocative singular of malus
3. neuter nominative plural of malus
4. neuter accusative plural of malus
5. neuter vocative plural of malus

malā

1. feminine ablative singular of malus

Noun

mala n pl

1. nominative plural of malum
2. accusative plural of malum
3. vocative plural of malum

Noun

māla n pl

1. nominative plural of mālum
2. accusative plural of mālum
3. vocative plural of mālum

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Latvian

Noun

mala f, 4th declension

1. edge, shore

Declension

declension of mala

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	mala	malas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	malu	malas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	malas	malu
dative (datīvs)	malai	malām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	malu	malām
locative (lokatīvs)	malā	malās
vocative (vokatīvs)	mala	malas

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *malaną, whence also Old Saxon malan, Old High German malan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (malan).

Verb

mala (mól, mólu, malit)

1. to grind
2. to make a grinding sound, e.g. to purr (of a cat)

Descendants

Danish: male Faroese: mala Icelandic: mala

Norwegian: male Swedish: mala

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Pitjantjatjara

Noun

mala

1. rufous hare wallaby

References

• Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary, Paul Eckert et al, 2007.

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Portuguese

Noun

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase
2. (idiomatic) An irritating person.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mala f (genitive mala, plural malaichean)

1. eyebrow

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈma.la/
• Hyphenation: mà‧la

Adjective

mala f sg

1. feminine form of malu; bad.

Inflection

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	malu	mala
Plural	mali	mali

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mala, feminine of malus.

Adjective

mala f (masculine malo, feminine plural malas, masculine plural malos)

1. feminine form of malo

Etymology 2

From a Germanic language.

Noun

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase

Derived terms

• maleta

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Verb

mala (present mal, preterite malde, supine malt, imperative mal)

1. to grind; to make smaller
2. to speak ceaselessly, usually about one single subject

Usage notes

• Alternate form for the present tense: mal, and alternate form for the past participle (which only exist in the sense of grinding): malen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mala

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	mala	malas
Present tense	mal	mals, males
Past tense	malde	maldes
Supine	malt	malts
Imperative	mal	—
Present participle	malande
Past participle	mald

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Tuvaluan

Noun

mala

1. plague