malvais

Galician edit

Verb edit

malvais

(reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present indicative of malvar

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

malveis, mauvais

Etymology edit

From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old Occitan malvatz.

Pronunciation edit

(archaic) IPA^(key): /malˈvai̯s/
(classical) IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈvei̯s/

Adjective edit

malvais m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malvaise)

bad, evil

Declension edit

Declension of malvais

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	malvaiss	malvaise	malvais
Singular	Oblique	malvais	malvaise		malvaise	malvais
Plural	Subject	malvais	malvaises		malvais
Plural	Oblique	malvaiss	malvaises		malvaises	malvais

Descendants edit

Bourguignon: mauvois
Middle French: maulvais
- French: mauvais
Norman: mauvais
Picard: mawais

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95

Old Occitan edit

Adjective edit

malvais

Alternative form of malvatz (“bad”)

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