mala

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See also: mála, malá, màla, malā, måla, mālā, mała, małą, mäla, and мала

English

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mala (plural malae)

  1. (zootomy)
    1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
    2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
    3. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

mala

  1. (deprecated template usage) plural of malum

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

mala (plural malas or mala)

  1. (Hinduism, Sikhism) 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.
Further reading

References

Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

mala

  1. feminine singular of malu

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ماله.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Template:az-head-noun

  1. stucco, plaster
    Synonym: suvaq
  2. plasterer's/ mason's trowel
    Synonyms: kəmçə, malakeş
  3. harrow
    Synonym: dırmıq

Declension

    Declension of mala
singular plural
nominative mala
 malalar
definite accusative malanı
 malaları
dative malaya
 malalara
locative malada
 malalarda
ablative maladan
 malalardan
definite genitive malanın
 malaların
    Possessive forms of mala
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) malam malalarım
sənin (“your”) malan malaların
onun (“his/her/its”) malası malaları
bizim (“our”) malamız malalarımız
sizin (“your”) malanız malalarınız
onların (“their”) malası or malaları malaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) malamı malalarımı
sənin (“your”) malanı malalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) malasını malalarını
bizim (“our”) malamızı malalarımızı
sizin (“your”) malanızı malalarınızı
onların (“their”) malasını or malalarını malalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) malama malalarıma
sənin (“your”) malana malalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) malasına malalarına
bizim (“our”) malamıza malalarımıza
sizin (“your”) malanıza malalarınıza
onların (“their”) malasına or malalarına malalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) malamda malalarımda
sənin (“your”) malanda malalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) malasında malalarında
bizim (“our”) malamızda malalarımızda
sizin (“your”) malanızda malalarınızda
onların (“their”) malasında or malalarında malalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) malamdan malalarımdan
sənin (“your”) malandan malalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) malasından malalarından
bizim (“our”) malamızdan malalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) malanızdan malalarınızdan
onların (“their”) malasından or malalarından malalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) malamın malalarımın
sənin (“your”) malanın malalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) malasının malalarının
bizim (“our”) malamızın malalarımızın
sizin (“your”) malanızın malalarınızın
onların (“their”) malasının or malalarının malalarının

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mala” in Obastan.com.

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton malaff, from Old Breton maletic, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *meleti.

Verb

mala

  1. to grind

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

mala f sg

  1. feminine singular of mal

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀa, compare Bikol Central mara, Yogad maga and Tetum maran.

Adjective

mala

  1. dry

East Futuna

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Noun

mala

  1. disaster
  2. misfortune

Esperanto

Etymology

mal- +‎ -a

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. opposite

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

mala (third person singular past indicative mól, third person plural past indicative mólu, supine malið)

  1. to grind

Conjugation

Conjugation of mala (group v-58)
infinitive mala
supine malið
participle (a26)1 malandi malin
present past
first singular mali mól
second singular melur mól(st)
third singular melur mól
plural mala mólu
imperative
singular mal!
plural malið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Galician

Adjective

mala

  1. feminine singular of malo

Garo

Verb

mala

  1. to crawl

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmɐ.lə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Verb

mala

  1. (intransitive) bruised
  2. aching (as after unaccustomed exercise)
  3. stiff and sore
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mara.

Verb

mala

  1. (stative) sour (as fermented sweet potatoes)
  2. (stative) insipid

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, babble, talk
    Hann hættir bara ekki að mala.
    He just won't stop babbling!

Conjugation

mala — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að mala
supine
(sagnbót) 		malað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		malandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég mala við mölum present
(nútíð) 		ég mali við mölum
þú malar þið malið þú malir þið malið
hann, hún, það malar þeir, þær, þau mala hann, hún, það mali þeir, þær, þau mali
past
(þátíð) 		ég malaði við möluðum past
(þátíð) 		ég malaði við möluðum
þú malaðir þið möluðuð þú malaðir þið möluðuð
hann, hún, það malaði þeir, þær, þau möluðu hann, hún, það malaði þeir, þær, þau möluðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		mala (þú) malið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
malaðu maliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
malast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að malast
supine
(sagnbót) 		malast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		malandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég malast við mölumst present
(nútíð) 		ég malist við mölumst
þú malast þið malist þú malist þið malist
hann, hún, það malast þeir, þær, þau malast hann, hún, það malist þeir, þær, þau malist
past
(þátíð) 		ég malaðist við möluðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég malaðist við möluðumst
þú malaðist þið möluðust þú malaðist þið möluðust
hann, hún, það malaðist þeir, þær, þau möluðust hann, hún, það malaðist þeir, þær, þau möluðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		malast (þú) malist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
malastu malisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
malaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		malaður möluð malað malaðir malaðar möluð
accusative
(þolfall) 		malaðan malaða malað malaða malaðar möluð
dative
(þágufall) 		möluðum malaðri möluðu möluðum möluðum möluðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		malaðs malaðrar malaðs malaðra malaðra malaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		malaði malaða malaða möluðu möluðu möluðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		malaða möluðu malaða möluðu möluðu möluðu
dative
(þágufall) 		malaða möluðu malaða möluðu möluðu möluðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		malaða möluðu malaða möluðu möluðu möluðu

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ido

Adjective

mala

  1. bad

Antonyms

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mala]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la

Etymology 1

From Malay mala, from Classical Malay mala, from Pali mala, from Sanskrit मल (mala).

Adjective

mala

  1. (obsolete) dirty, impurity

Noun

mala

  1. (dated) disease
    Synonym: penyakit

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mala

  1. (dated) disaster
    Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, malapetaka, mara

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

mala

  1. (dated) withered, faded
    Synonyms: layu, merana

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malaxs, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, shared with Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mərəδō, “demon's head”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mala f (genitive singular mala, nominative plural malaí)

  1. eyebrow
  2. brow (projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill)
  3. slope, incline

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: mà‧la

Noun

mala f (plural male)

  1. underworld, gangland

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *smakslā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ- (“beard”) as *smḱ- (“beard”) +‎ *-sleh₂-; cognate with Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmáśru, “beard”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

māla f (genitive mālae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) the cheekbone, jaw
  2. (transferred sense, chiefly in the plural) a cheek
    • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 1.1:
      Tam consimile'st atque ego: sūra, pēs, statūra, tōnsus, oculī, nāsus, vel labra, mālae, mentum, barba, collum - tōtus!
      He's so similar to me: his calves, feet, height, haircut, eyes, nose, lips, cheeks, chin, beard, neck - all of it!
Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative māla mālae
Genitive mālae mālārum
Dative mālae mālīs
Accusative mālam mālās
Ablative mālā mālīs
Vocative māla mālae
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: mala

References

  • “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “mala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    • (ambiguous) to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
  • “mala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mala f (genitive malae); first declension

  2. a bundle, bag
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mala malae
Genitive malae malārum
Dative malae malīs
Accusative malam malās
Ablative malā malīs
Vocative mala malae
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mala

  1. inflection of malus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) mala n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of malum

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mərəδō, “demon's head”).

Noun

mala f (4th declension)

  1. edge, shore

Declension

Declension of mala (4th declension)
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

Derived terms

Verb

mala

  1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of malt
  2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of malt

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[3], Stirling, →ISBN, page mala

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Verb

mãla

  1. third-person singular present of malti
  2. third-person plural present of malti

Lovono

Noun

mala

  1. eye

References

Margi

Noun

mala

  1. woman

References

  • Carl Hoffmann, A grammar of the Margi language (1963)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Verb

mala (present tense mel, past tense mol, supine male, past participle malen, present participle malande, imperative mal)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

mala (present tense malar, past tense mala, past participle mala, passive infinitive malast, present participle malande, imperative mala/mal)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of måla, to paint

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

mala (singular past indicative mól, plural past indicative mólu, past participle malinn)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of mala — active (strong class 6)
infinitive mala
present participle malandi
past participle malinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular mel mól
2nd-person singular melr mólt
3rd-person singular melr mól
1st-person plural mǫlum mólum
2nd-person plural malið móluð
3rd-person plural mala mólu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular mala mǿla
2nd-person singular malir mǿlir
3rd-person singular mali mǿli
1st-person plural malim mǿlim
2nd-person plural malið mǿlið
3rd-person plural mali mǿli
imperative present
2nd-person singular mal
1st-person plural mǫlum
2nd-person plural malið
Conjugation of mala — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive malask
present participle malandisk
past participle malizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular mǫlumk mólumk
2nd-person singular melsk mólzk
3rd-person singular melsk mólsk
1st-person plural mǫlumsk mólumsk
2nd-person plural malizk móluzk
3rd-person plural malask mólusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular mǫlumk mǿlumk
2nd-person singular malisk mǿlisk
3rd-person singular malisk mǿlisk
1st-person plural malimsk mǿlimsk
2nd-person plural malizk mǿlizk
3rd-person plural malisk mǿlisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular malsk
1st-person plural mǫlumsk
2nd-person plural malizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mala
  • Faroese: mala
  • Norwegian: male
  • Old Swedish: mala
  • Danish: male
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References

  • “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “mala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    • (ambiguous) to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
  • “mala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

mala

  1. to grind

Conjugation

Conjugation of mala (strong)
present past
infinitive mala —
participle malandi, malande malin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mal mali, male — mōl mōli, mōle
þū mal mali, male mal mōlt mōli, mōle
han mal mali, male — mōl mōli, mōle
vīr malum, malom malum, malom malum, malom mōlum, mōlom mōlum, mōlom
īr malin malin malin mōlin mōlin
þēr mala malin — mōlu, mōlo mōlin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mals malis, males — mōls mōlis, mōles
þū mals malis, males — mōlts mōlis, mōles
han mals malis, males — mōls mōlis, mōles
vīr malums, -oms malums, maloms — mōlums, mōloms mōlums, mōloms
īr malins malins — mōlins mōlins
þēr malas malins — mōlus, mōlos mōlins

Descendants

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

mala n

  1. impurity
  2. stain
  3. rust
  4. dirt
  5. dung

Declension

Declension table of "mala" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)malaṃmalāni
Accusative (second)malaṃmalāni
Instrumental (third)malenamalehi or malebhi
Dative (fourth)malassa or malāya or malatthaṃmalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)malasmā or malamhā or malāmalehi or malebhi
Genitive (sixth)malassamalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)malasmiṃ or malamhi or malemalesu
Vocative (calling)malamalāni

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

Noun

mala

  1. rufous hare-wallaby (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)

References

  • Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎[5], IAD Press, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”),[1][2] from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧la
  • Rhymes: -alɐ

Noun

mala f (plural malas)

  1. suitcase
  2. (travel) luggage
  3. (automotive) boot, trunk
  4. (chiefly Portugal) handbag
    Synonyms: bolsa, maleta, saco

Noun

mala m or f by sense (plural malas)

  1. (Brazil, idiomatic) An irritating person

References

  1. ^ “mala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “mala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Verb

mala

  1. (stative) be unlucky, unfortunate
  2. to have bad luck

Further reading

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Noun

mala

  1. calamity

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malax, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (“forehead”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lofty”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mərəδō, “demon's head”).

Noun

mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

  1. brow
    1. (anatomy) eyebrow
    2. (geography, of hill) brow; slope, incline

Usage notes

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mala”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[6], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[7], Stirling, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

mala

  1. inflection of mal:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/
  • Hyphenation: mà‧la

Adjective

mala f sg

  1. feminine singular of malu; bad.

Inflection

Masculine Feminine
Singular malu mala
Plural mali mali

Slovak

Pronunciation

Participle

mala

  1. feminine singular l-participle of mať

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mala f

  1. feminine singular of malo

Noun

mala f (plural malas)

  1. female equivalent of malo

Etymology 2

From French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).

Noun

mala f (plural malas)

  1. suitcase
    Synonyms: maleta, valija
  2. mailbag
    Synonyms: saca de correos, saca postal, valija
  3. mail, post
    Synonym: correo

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mala, 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
    Synonym: mala på

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of mala (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive mala malas
Supine malt malts
Imperative mal —
Imper. plural1 malen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative mal malde mals, males maldes
Ind. plural1 mala malde malas maldes
Subjunctive2 male malde males maldes
Participles
Present participle malande
Past participle mald
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala. Cognates include Hawaiian mala and Samoan mala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la

Noun

mala

  1. misfortune, bad luck
  2. disaster, tragedy
  3. plague, epidemic

Verb

mala

  1. (stative) to be unlucky
  2. (intransitive) to bring bad luck

Further reading

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 209

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Noun

mala

  1. misfortune, bad luck
  2. disaster

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Noun

mala

  1. plague

Wolof

Noun

mala (definite form mala mi)

  1. animal
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