Mala Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology 1
    • 1.1.1 Noun
  • 1.2 Etymology 2
    • 1.2.1 Noun
  • 1.3 Etymology 3
    • 1.3.1 Noun
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 Breton
  • 2.1 Verb
• 3 Faroese
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Verb
    • 3.2.1 Conjugation
• 4 Icelandic
  • 4.1 Pronunciation
  • 4.2 Etymology
  • 4.3 Verb
    • 4.3.1 Synonyms
    • 4.3.2 Derived terms
• 5 Ido
  • 5.1 Adjective
    • 5.1.1 Antonyms
• 6 Irish
  • 6.1 Etymology
  • 6.2 Pronunciation
  • 6.3 Noun
    • 6.3.1 Declension
    • 6.3.2 Mutation
• 7 Italian
  • 7.1 Noun
  • 7.2 Anagrams
• 8 Latin
  • 8.1 Adjective
  • 8.2 Noun
• 9 Latvian
  • 9.1 Noun
    • 9.1.1 Declension
• 10 Old Norse
  • 10.1 Etymology
  • 10.2 Verb
    • 10.2.1 Descendants
• 11 Pitjantjatjara
  • 11.1 Noun
  • 11.2 References
• 12 Portuguese
  • 12.1 Noun
• 13 Scottish Gaelic
  • 13.1 Noun
• 14 Sicilian
  • 14.1 Etymology
  • 14.2 Pronunciation
  • 14.3 Adjective
    • 14.3.1 Inflection
• 15 Spanish
  • 15.1 Etymology 1
    • 15.1.1 Adjective
  • 15.2 Etymology 2
    • 15.2.1 Noun
      • 15.2.1.1 Derived terms
• 16 Swedish
  • 16.1 Etymology
  • 16.2 Verb
    • 16.2.1 Usage notes

English

Etymology 1

Latin mala (“jaw, cheek”)

Noun

mala (plural malae)

1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.

Etymology 2

Noun

mala

1. plural form of malum

Etymology 3

Noun

mala (uncountable)

1. meditation beads

Anagrams

• alma, Alma
• lama

Breton

Verb

mala

1. To grind

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mala.

Verb

mala

1. To grind.

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaːla/

  Rhymes: -aːla

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to grind
   • Hættu að mala kornið!

     Stop grinding the corn!

2. to purr
   • Oo, hlustiði á köttinn mala.

     Oh, listen to the cat purr.

3. to blabber, to babble, to talk
   • Hann hættir bara ekki að mala.

     He just won't stop babbling!

Synonyms

• (grind): mylja, steyta
• (babble): babla, masa, þvæla, blaðra

Derived terms

• mölun
• mal

Ido

Adjective

mala

1. bad

Antonyms

• bona

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mala.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [ˈmˠɑl̪ˠə]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [ˈmˠal̪ˠə]

Noun

mala f.

1. brow, eyebrow

Declension

Fourth declension

Mutation

Italian

Noun

mala f. (plural male)

1. underworld, gangland

Anagrams

• alma
• lama

Latin

Adjective

mala

1. feminine nominative singular of malus
2. feminine vocative singular of malus
3. neuter nominative plural of malus
4. neuter accusative plural of malus
5. neuter vocative plural of malus

malā

1. feminine ablative singular of malus

Noun

māla (genitive mālae); f, first declension

1. cheek-bone, jaw
2. cheek

Latvian

Noun

mala f.

1. edge

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

mala (mól, mólu, malit)

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

Descendants

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

mala

1. rufous hare wallaby

References

• Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary, Paul Eckert et al, 2007.

Portuguese

Noun

mala

1. Suitcase.
2. (idiomatic) An irritating person.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mala f. (genitive mala, plural malaichean)

1. eyebrow

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈma.la/
• Hyphenation: mà‧la

Adjective

mala f. sg.

1. Feminine form of malu; bad.

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mala, feminine of malus.

Adjective

mala f. (masculine malo, feminine plural malas, masculine plural malos)

1. Feminine form of malo.

Etymology 2

From a Germanic language.

Noun

mala f. (plural malas)

1. suitcase

Derived terms

• maleta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mala.

Verb

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

1. To grind; to make smaller.
2. To speak ceaselessly, usually about one single subject.

Usage notes

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

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See Also:

• Judeo-malayalam