Ancient Greek edit

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From Proto-Hellenic *məlakos, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂ekos, from *melh₂- (soft).

Cognate with Old Irish malcad (rottenness, putrefaction), Proto-Germanic *malskaz, Sanskrit मूर्ख (mūrkha, stupid, foolish, silly, dull). Compare μαλθακός (malthakós). Distantly cognate with dialectal English masker.

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μᾰλᾰκός (malakósm (feminine μᾰλᾰκή, neuter μᾰλᾰκόν); first/second declension

  1. soft, tender
    Synonym: ἁπαλός (hapalós)
  2. gentle
    1. light, mild
  3. (of persons, modes of life) soft, mild, gentle
    1. (in a bad sense) soft, yielding, remiss
      1. faint-hearted, effeminate, cowardly
      2. incapable of bearing pain
      3. (of music) soft, effeminate
      4. (of reasoning) weak, loose
  4. effeminate
    Synonym: σᾰβᾰκός (sabakós)
  5. (of sexual partners) passive; receptive

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μᾰλᾰκός (malakósm (genitive μᾰλᾰκοῦ); second declension

  1. A person who is soft or gentle
  2. A person who is morally weak; a degenerate
  3. (sexual) bottom; sub

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós).

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  • IPA(key): /ma.laˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧λα‧κός

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μαλακός (malakósm (feminine μαλακή or μαλακιά, neuter μαλακό)

  1. soft
  2. meek, compliant
  3. gentle, mild, mild-mannered, mellow
  4. (metallurgy) malleable

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