malalta

Catalan

Adjective

malalta

1. feminine singular of malalt

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos?

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus

Latin maleder.

Old French mal-

Middle French mal-

French mal-bor.

Italian mal-bor.

Esperanto mal-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós

Proto-Italic *altos

Latin altusbor.

Esperanto alta

Esperanto malalta

From mal- + alta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlalta/

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: ma‧lal‧ta
• Hyphenation: mal‧alta

Adjective

malalta (accusative singular malaltan, plural malaltaj, accusative plural malaltajn)

1. low (in height or altitude)

   malaltaj montetoj ― low hills

2. short (in stature)
3. low, small (in number or quantity)

   malaltaj prezoj / malalta sumo

   low prices / a small sum of money

4. low (in pitch)
   • Claude Piron, Ili kaptis Elzan, Ĉapitro 11,

     Lia voĉo estis neatendite malalta.

     His voice was unexpectedly low.

5. low (in rank or social standing), lowly

   malalta oficiro ― a low-ranking officer

   • Kabe (translator), La Faraono (Pharaoh) by Bolesław Prus, Book 1, Chapter 1,

     Malgraǔ sia malalta popola deveno, li okupis gravan postenon en la ŝtato, dank’ al esceptaj kapabloj.

     Despite his lowly origin among the common people, he held an important government position, thanks to his exceptional abilities.

Synonyms

• (short): malaltkreska
• (low-ranking): malaltranga

Antonyms

• alta

Derived terms

• malaltaĵo (“valley, lowland”)
• malalte (“low”)
• malalteco (“lowness”)
• malaltejo (“lowland”)
• malalti (“to be low”)
• malaltigi (“to lower, decrease”)
• malaltiĝi (“to fall, drop”)