malva

See also: Malva

English

Etymology

From the genus name, or in some Spanish or Portuguese contexts, from the Spanish or Portuguese word.

Noun

malva (plural malvas)

1. Any plant of the genus Malva, a mallow.
   • 1989, Country Life, page 235:

     Another malva to note is M. moschata Alba, the white form of our native musk mallow.

   • 2000, Rosalind Creasy, Edible Mexican Garden, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:

     How to prepare: Cook the malvas the same way as amaranth and most other greens in Mexico are prepared[,] that is, briefly cooked with tomatoes or tomatillos and onions ...

   • 2004, Frances Manos, Midwest Cottage Gardening, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 79:

     If your hollyhocks are attacked by rust, and if hibiscus flowers are too tropical looking and gaudy for your taste, investigate another branch of the mallow family — the malvas. [...] This spring I started seeds of another malva named M. sylvestris 'Mauritiana', and every seed came up.

Related terms

• malva pudding

References

• “malva”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin malva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmal.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmal.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmal.va]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

malva f (plural malves)

1. mallow
2. mauve

Derived terms

• malva blanca
• malva de fulla rodona
• malva doble
• malva gran
• malva major
• malva reial
• malvapeix
• malvapoma
• malvera
• malví

 

Further reading

• “malva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “malva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “malva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “malva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalva]
• Rhymes: -alva
• Hyphenation: mal‧va

Adjective

malva (accusative singular malvan, plural malvaj, accusative plural malvajn)

1. mauve colored
   mauve:  
2. related to a mallow plant

Related terms

• malvo (“mauve”)

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin malva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlʋɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝lʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mal‧va

Noun

malva

1. mallow (flowering plant in the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially in the genus Malva)

Declension

Inflection of malva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		malva	malvat
genitive		malvan	malvojen
partitive		malvaa	malvoja
illative		malvaan	malvoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		malva	malvat
accusative	nom.	malva	malvat
	gen.	malvan
genitive		malvan	malvojen malvain rare
partitive		malvaa	malvoja
inessive		malvassa	malvoissa
elative		malvasta	malvoista
illative		malvaan	malvoihin
adessive		malvalla	malvoilla
ablative		malvalta	malvoilta
allative		malvalle	malvoille
essive		malvana	malvoina
translative		malvaksi	malvoiksi
abessive		malvatta	malvoitta
instructive		—	malvoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of malva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative malvani malvani accusative nom. malvani malvani gen. malvani genitive malvani malvojeni malvaini rare partitive malvaani malvojani inessive malvassani malvoissani elative malvastani malvoistani illative malvaani malvoihini adessive malvallani malvoillani ablative malvaltani malvoiltani allative malvalleni malvoilleni essive malvanani malvoinani translative malvakseni malvoikseni abessive malvattani malvoittani instructive — — comitative — malvoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative malvasi malvasi accusative nom. malvasi malvasi gen. malvasi genitive malvasi malvojesi malvaisi rare partitive malvaasi malvojasi inessive malvassasi malvoissasi elative malvastasi malvoistasi illative malvaasi malvoihisi adessive malvallasi malvoillasi ablative malvaltasi malvoiltasi allative malvallesi malvoillesi essive malvanasi malvoinasi translative malvaksesi malvoiksesi abessive malvattasi malvoittasi instructive — — comitative — malvoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative malvamme malvamme accusative nom. malvamme malvamme gen. malvamme genitive malvamme malvojemme malvaimme rare partitive malvaamme malvojamme inessive malvassamme malvoissamme elative malvastamme malvoistamme illative malvaamme malvoihimme adessive malvallamme malvoillamme ablative malvaltamme malvoiltamme allative malvallemme malvoillemme essive malvanamme malvoinamme translative malvaksemme malvoiksemme abessive malvattamme malvoittamme instructive — — comitative — malvoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative malvanne malvanne accusative nom. malvanne malvanne gen. malvanne genitive malvanne malvojenne malvainne rare partitive malvaanne malvojanne inessive malvassanne malvoissanne elative malvastanne malvoistanne illative malvaanne malvoihinne adessive malvallanne malvoillanne ablative malvaltanne malvoiltanne allative malvallenne malvoillenne essive malvananne malvoinanne translative malvaksenne malvoiksenne abessive malvattanne malvoittanne instructive — — comitative — malvoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative malvansa malvansa accusative nom. malvansa malvansa gen. malvansa genitive malvansa malvojensa malvainsa rare partitive malvaansa malvojaan malvojansa inessive malvassaan malvassansa malvoissaan malvoissansa elative malvastaan malvastansa malvoistaan malvoistansa illative malvaansa malvoihinsa adessive malvallaan malvallansa malvoillaan malvoillansa ablative malvaltaan malvaltansa malvoiltaan malvoiltansa allative malvalleen malvallensa malvoilleen malvoillensa essive malvanaan malvanansa malvoinaan malvoinansa translative malvakseen malvaksensa malvoikseen malvoiksensa abessive malvattaan malvattansa malvoittaan malvoittansa instructive — — comitative — malvoineen malvoinensa

Derived terms

• malvikki
• malvio

 

compounds

• kiiltomalva
• malvakasvi
• malvaseitikki
• maurinmalva

 

Further reading

• “malva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Valma

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin malva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalβɐ]

Noun

malva f (plural malvas)

1. mallow (any plant of the family Malvaceae)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “malva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “malva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “malva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

malva

1. inflection of malvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin malva, of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.va/
• Rhymes: -alva
• Hyphenation: màl‧va

Noun

malva f (plural malve)

1. mallow (plant)

Noun

malva m (invariable)

1. mauve

Adjective

malva (invariable)

1. mauve

Related terms

• malvone / malvarosa

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, but likely a substrate word related to Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”) and Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”). Compare also Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.u̯a/, [ˈmäɫ̪u̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.va/, [ˈmälvä]

Noun

malva f (genitive malvae); first declension

1. mallow

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	malva	malvae
Genitive	malvae	malvārum
Dative	malvae	malvīs
Accusative	malvam	malvās
Ablative	malvā	malvīs
Vocative	malva	malvae

Derived terms

• malvāceus

Descendants

• Aromanian: nalbã
• Catalan: malva
• Friulian: malve
• Galician: malva
• Italian: malva
• Occitan: malva
• Old French: mauve
  • French: mauve
    • → Dutch: mauve
    • → English: mauve
    • → Greek: μοβ (mov)
    • → Romanian: mov
  • Norman: mauve
• Polish: malwa
• Portuguese: malva
• Romanian: nalbă
• Sardinian: narba, mafra, marma
• Sicilian: marva, màliva
• Spanish: malva
• Translingual: Malva
• Venetan: nalba
• → Proto-West Germanic: *malwā (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: мальва (malʹva)

Further reading

• “malva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “malva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• malva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “malva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin malva.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

malva f (plural malvas)

1. mallow

Dialectal variants

• mauva (“Gascon, Provençal, vivaro-alpine, Limousin”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin malva, of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.vɐ/ [ˈmaʊ̯.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.vɐ/ [ˈmaʊ̯.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.va/ [ˈmaʊ̯.va]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.vɐ/ [ˈmaɫ.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.vɐ/ [ˈmaɫ.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.bɐ/ [ˈmaɫ.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -alvɐ, -awvɐ
• Hyphenation: mal‧va

Noun

malva f (plural malvas)

1. mallow (any plant of the family Malvaceae)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin malva, of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalba/ [ˈmal.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -alba
• Syllabification: mal‧va

Noun

malva f (plural malvas)

1. mallow
2. mauve (color)

Derived terms

• chinche de la malva arbórea
• criar malvas
• malva loca
• malva moscada
• malva prieta

 

Adjective

malva m or f (masculine and feminine plural malvas)

1. mauve (color)

Further reading

• “malva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin malva.

Noun

malva c

1. mallow

Declension

Declension of malva

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	malva	malvas
	definite	malvan	malvans
plural	indefinite	malvor	malvors
	definite	malvorna	malvornas

Derived terms

• gråmalva
• läkemalva
• malvablad
• malvafärgad
• malvaväxter
• praktmalva

Further reading

• malva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• malva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)