mazal

See also: Mazal, mazał, and мазал

English

Etymology

From maze +‎ -al.

Adjective

mazal (not comparable)

1. Relating to a maze.

Derived terms

• extramazal
• intramazal

See also

• mazal tov

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmazal]

Etymology 1

From mazat +‎ -al.

Noun

mazal m anim (female equivalent mazalka, diminutive mazálek)

1. dauber, scribbler (bad painter or writer)

Declension

Declension of mazal (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mazal	mazalové
genitive	mazala	mazalů
dative	mazalovi, mazalu	mazalům
accusative	mazala	mazaly
vocative	mazale	mazalové
locative	mazalovi, mazalu	mazalech
instrumental	mazalem	mazaly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mazal

1. masculine singular past active participle of mazat

Further reading

• “mazal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mazal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mazal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Kabyle

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مَا (mā)

Arabic زَالَ (zāla)

Arabic مَا زَالَ (mā zāla)

Algerian Arabic مازال (māzāl)bor.

Kabyle mazal

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic مازال (māzāl), from Arabic مَا زَالَ (mā zāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mazal/

Adverb

mazal

1. still

   Synonym: baqi

   Mazal yeṭṭes. ― He's still sleeping.

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מַזָּל (mazál), likely from Akkadian 𒌓𒁕 (manzaltum).

Noun

mazal m (Hebrew spelling מזל)

1. the star under which one is born
2. destiny, fate
3. luck, chance

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “maźal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “mazál”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 352
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “mazal”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 244