Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mála, from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą (spot, blemish, mark).

Verb edit

mála (third person singular past indicative málaði, third person plural past indicative málað, supine málað)

  1. to paint

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of mála (group v-30)
infinitive mála
supine málað
participle (a6)1 málandi málaður
present past
first singular máli málaði
second singular málar málaði
third singular málar málaði
plural mála málaðu
imperative
singular mála!
plural málið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mála, from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą (spot, blemish, mark).

Cognate with Finnish maalata, Danish male, German malen (to paint) and Swedish måla from Middle Low German mâlen (to draw, paint).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mála (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative málaði, supine málað)

  1. to paint (houses)
    Ég lýk þvímála húsið á morgun.
    I'll finish painting the house tomorrow.
  2. to paint (pictures)
    Málaðu mynd af mér.
    Paint a picture of me.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

mála n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of mál

Anagrams edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

Possibly a borrowing from Middle English male or Anglo-Norman male, both meaning bag, from which the English mail and French malle are derived.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mála m (genitive singular mála, nominative plural málaí)

  1. bag (flexible container)
    1. collection, bundle, repository
  2. (anatomy, etc.) stomach; appetite

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit

Old Norse edit

Noun edit

mála

  1. genitive plural of mál

Scanian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [màʊːla], [mòːla]

Verb edit

mála (preterite singular málade, supine málað)

  1. to measure