malvat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan malvat, an analogical oblique form created (via subtraction of /-s/) from Old Occitan malvatz, from Proto-Gallo-Romance *malifatius; see there for further information. Cognate with Old French malvais and Italian malvagio.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /məlˈvat/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /məlˈbat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /malˈvat/

Adjective

malvat (feminine malvada, masculine plural malvats, feminine plural malvades)

1. evil, wicked, mean, bad

Synonyms

• (bad): dolent
• (evil): pervers

References

• “malvat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Finnish

Noun

malvat

1. Nominative plural form of malva.