EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Latin māla (the cheekbone, jaw).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala (plural malae)

  1. (zootomy)
    1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
    2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
    3. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala

  1. plural of malum

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowing from Sanskrit माला (mālā, wreath, garland, crown).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala (plural malas or mala)

  1. (Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. feminine singular of malu

AzerbaijaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian ماله.

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

NounEdit

mala (definite accusative malanı, plural malalar)

  1. stucco, plaster
    Synonym: suvaq
  2. plasterer's/ mason's trowel
    Synonyms: kəmçə, malakeş
  3. harrow
    Synonym: dırmıq

DeclensionEdit

    Declension of mala
singular plural
nominative mala
malalar
definite accusative malanı
malaları
dative malaya
malalara
locative malada
malalarda
ablative maladan
malalardan
definite genitive malanın
malaların
    Possessive forms of mala
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) malam malalarım
sənin (your) malan malaların
onun (his/her/its) malası malaları
bizim (our) malamız malalarımız
sizin (your) malanız malalarınız
onların (their) malası or malaları malaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) malamı malalarımı
sənin (your) malanı malalarını
onun (his/her/its) malasını malalarını
bizim (our) malamızı malalarımızı
sizin (your) malanızı malalarınızı
onların (their) malasını or malalarını malalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) malama malalarıma
sənin (your) malana malalarına
onun (his/her/its) malasına malalarına
bizim (our) malamıza malalarımıza
sizin (your) malanıza malalarınıza
onların (their) malasına or malalarına malalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) malamda malalarımda
sənin (your) malanda malalarında
onun (his/her/its) malasında malalarında
bizim (our) malamızda malalarımızda
sizin (your) malanızda malalarınızda
onların (their) malasında or malalarında malalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) malamdan malalarımdan
sənin (your) malandan malalarından
onun (his/her/its) malasından malalarından
bizim (our) malamızdan malalarımızdan
sizin (your) malanızdan malalarınızdan
onların (their) malasından or malalarından malalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) malamın malalarımın
sənin (your) malanın malalarının
onun (his/her/its) malasının malalarının
bizim (our) malamızın malalarımızın
sizin (your) malanızın malalarınızın
onların (their) malasının or malalarının malalarının

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • mala” in Obastan.com.

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Breton malaff, from Old Breton maletic, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *meleti.

VerbEdit

mala

  1. to grind

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala f sg

  1. feminine singular of mal

CebuanoEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀa, compare Bikol Central mara, Yogad maga and Tetum maran.

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. dry

East FutunaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

NounEdit

mala

  1. disaster
  2. misfortune

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

mal- +‎ -a

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala (accusative singular malan, plural malaj, accusative plural malajn)

  1. opposite

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

VerbEdit

mala (third person singular past indicative mól, third person plural past indicative mólu, supine malið)

  1. to grind

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of mala (group v-58)
infinitive mala
supine malið
participle (a26)1 malandi malin
present past
first singular mali mól
second singular melur mól(st)
third singular melur mól
plural mala mólu
imperative
singular mal!
plural malið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English mala, from Martu Wangka mala.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑ/, [ˈmɑlɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧la

NounEdit

mala

  1. hare-wallaby (wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes)
  2. rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of mala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mala malat
genitive malan malojen
partitive malaa maloja
illative malaan maloihin
singular plural
nominative mala malat
accusative nom. mala malat
gen. malan
genitive malan malojen
malainrare
partitive malaa maloja
inessive malassa maloissa
elative malasta maloista
illative malaan maloihin
adessive malalla maloilla
ablative malalta maloilta
allative malalle maloille
essive malana maloina
translative malaksi maloiksi
instructive maloin
abessive malatta maloitta
comitative maloineen
Possessive forms of mala (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person malani malamme
2nd person malasi malanne
3rd person malansa

SynonymsEdit

CompoundsEdit

GalicianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. feminine singular of malo

GaroEdit

VerbEdit

mala

  1. to crawl

HawaiianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmɐlə]

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

VerbEdit

mala

  1. (intransitive) bruised
  2. aching (as after unaccustomed exercise)
  3. stiff and sore
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mara.

VerbEdit

mala

  1. (stative) sour (as fermented sweet potatoes)
  2. (stative) insipid

ReferencesEdit

  • “mala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative malaði, supine malað)

  1. to grind
    Hættu mala kornið!
    Stop grinding the corn!
  2. to purr
    Oo, hlustiði á köttinn mala.
    Oh, listen to the cat purr.
  3. to blabber, babble, talk

ConjugationEdit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

IdoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. bad

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [mala]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la

Etymology 1Edit

From Malay mala, from Classical Malay mala, from Pali mala, from Sanskrit मल (mala).

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. (obsolete) dirty, impurity

NounEdit

mala

  1. (dated) disease
    Synonym: penyakit

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

mala

  1. (dated) disaster
    Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, malapetaka, mara

Etymology 3Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. (dated) withered, faded
    Synonyms: layu, merana

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malaxs, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, shared with Breton malvenn, Old English molda (forehead), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, lofty), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mərəδō, demon's head).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala f (genitive singular mala, nominative plural malaí)

  1. eyebrow
  2. brow (projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill)
  3. slope, incline

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: mà‧la

NounEdit

mala f (plural male)

  1. underworld, gangland

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Italic *smakslā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ- (beard) as *smḱ- (beard) +‎ *-sleh₂-; cognate with Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmáśru, beard)).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

māla f (genitive mālae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) the cheekbone, jaw
  2. (transferred sense, chiefly in the plural) a cheek
    • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 1.1:
      Tam consimile'st atque ego: sūra, pēs, statūra, tōnsus, oculī, nāsus, vel labra, mālae, mentum, barba, collum - tōtus!
      He's so similar to me: his calves, feet, height, haircut, eyes, nose, lips, cheeks, chin, beard, neck - all of it!
InflectionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative māla mālae
Genitive mālae mālārum
Dative mālae mālīs
Accusative mālam mālās
Ablative mālā mālīs
Vocative māla mālae
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • English: mala

ReferencesEdit

  • mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    • (ambiguous) to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
  • mala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Frankish *malha (leather bag).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala f (genitive malae); first declension

  1. a bundle, bag
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InflectionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mala malae
Genitive malae malārum
Dative malae malīs
Accusative malam malās
Ablative malā malīs
Vocative mala malae
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. inflection of malus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of malum

LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (forehead), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, lofty), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mərəδō, demon's head).

NounEdit

mala f (4th declension)

  1. edge, shore

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

mala

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of malt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of malt

ReferencesEdit

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mãla

  1. third-person singular present of malti
  2. third-person plural present of malti

LovonoEdit

NounEdit

mala

  1. eye

ReferencesEdit

MargiEdit

NounEdit

mala

  1. woman

ReferencesEdit

  • Carl Hoffmann, A grammar of the Margi language (1963)

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

VerbEdit

mala (present tense mel, past tense mol, supine male, past participle malen, present participle malande, imperative mal)

  1. (transitive) to grind
  2. (intransitive) to make a grinding sound, e.g. to purr (of a cat)

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

mala (present tense malar, past tense mala, past participle mala, passive infinitive malast, present participle malande, imperative mala/mal)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of måla, to paint

ReferencesEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *malaną, whence also Old Saxon malan, Old High German malan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (malan).

VerbEdit

mala (singular past indicative mól, plural past indicative mólu, past participle malinn)

  1. to grind
  2. to make a grinding sound, e.g. to purr (of a cat)

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    • (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    • (ambiguous) to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
  • mala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

VerbEdit

mala

  1. to grind

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

mala n

  1. impurity
  2. stain
  3. rust
  4. dirt
  5. dung

DeclensionEdit

PitjantjatjaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mala

  1. rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus)

ReferencesEdit

  • Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary[3], IAD Press, →ISBN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French malle (large suitcase; trunk),[1][2] from Middle French malle, from Old French male (leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case), from Frankish *malha (leather bag), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (leather bag), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (leather bag).

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -alɐ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la

NounEdit

mala f (plural malas)

  1. suitcase
  2. (travel) luggage
  3. (automotive) boot, trunk
  4. (chiefly Portugal) handbag
    Synonyms: bolsa, maleta, saco

NounEdit

mala m or f by sense (plural malas)

  1. (Brazil, idiomatic) an irritating person

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ mala” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. ^ mala” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

PukapukanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

VerbEdit

mala

  1. (stative) be unlucky, unfortunate
  2. to have bad luck

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ottoman Turkish ماله (mala), from Persian ماله (mâle).

NounEdit

mala f (plural malale)

  1. trowel

DeclensionEdit

SamoanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

NounEdit

mala

  1. calamity

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish mala, from Proto-Celtic *malax, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-, see also Breton malvenn, Old English molda (forehead), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, lofty), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 (ka-mərəδō, demon's head).

NounEdit

mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

  1. brow
    1. (anatomy) eyebrow
    2. (geography, of hill) brow; slope, incline

Usage notesEdit

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mala mhala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mala

  1. inflection of mal:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

SicilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin malus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/
  • Hyphenation: mà‧la

AdjectiveEdit

mala f sg

  1. feminine singular of malu; bad.

InflectionEdit

Masculine Feminine
Singular malu mala
Plural mali mali

SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

ParticipleEdit

mala

  1. feminine singular l-participle of mať

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmala/ [ˈma.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ma‧la

Etymology 1Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

mala f (plural malas)

  1. female equivalent of malo

AdjectiveEdit

mala f

  1. feminine singular of malo

Etymology 2Edit

From French malle (large suitcase; trunk), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case), from Frankish *malha (leather bag), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (leather bag), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (leather bag).

NounEdit

mala f (plural malas)

  1. suitcase
    Synonyms: maleta, valija
  2. mailbag
    Synonyms: saca de correos, saca postal, valija
  3. mail, post
    Synonym: correo

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish mala, from Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

VerbEdit

mala (present mal, preterite malde, supine malt, imperative mal)

  1. to grind; to make smaller
  2. to speak ceaselessly, usually about one single subject
    Synonym: mala på

Usage notesEdit

  • Alternate form for the present tense: maler, and alternate form for the past participle (which is only used in the sense of grinding): malen.

ConjugationEdit

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

TokelauanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala. Cognates include Hawaiian mala and Samoan mala.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.la/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la

NounEdit

mala

  1. misfortune, bad luck
  2. disaster, tragedy
  3. plague, epidemic

VerbEdit

mala

  1. (stative) to be unlucky
  2. (intransitive) to bring bad luck

Further readingEdit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 209

TonganEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

NounEdit

mala

  1. misfortune, bad luck
  2. disaster

TuvaluanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

NounEdit

mala

  1. plague

WolofEdit

NounEdit

mala (definite form mala mi)

  1. animal