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מילא

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ)
10 terms

From the root מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ), forming words relating to fullness or completeness. Compare with מָלֵא (malé, full).

Verb

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מילא / מִלֵּא (milé) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart מולא / מֻלָּא)

  1. (transitive) To fill (something) up, to make (something) full.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כָּל־טוּב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִלֵּאתָ
      uvatím m'le'ím kol tuv asher lo milléta
      and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill
    • Yoni Bloch, עמוק בתוך הים, "Deep Within the Ocean"
      גלים גלים, יעלו על הגגות והבתים, יְמַלְּאוּ את הרחוב נהר גדול, וזה הכל
      Waves and waves, they will rise above the rooftops and the houses, they will fill the road like a great river, and that's all.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Semantic loan from Yiddish מילא (meyle). Originates from מִמֵּילָא (mimeilá, by/of itself; at any rate), a Talmudic hapax legomenon.

Interjection

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מֵילָא (mḗla)

  1. (colloquial) oh well, whatever
Derived terms
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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew מֵילָא (meilá).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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מילא (meyle)

  1. whatever