maal

maál

1. good

From Malay mahal.

maál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

• IPA^(key): /maːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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From Middle Dutch mael, from Old Dutch *māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare German Mahl, English meal, Danish mål.

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. meal
   • 1732, Cornelis van Alkemade, Pieter van der Schelling, chapter XXV, in Nederlands displegtigheden. Eerste deel‎:

     “En wel voornaamelyk waaren de Voorouders gewoon, naa het ophouden, en afleggen van vyandschap, en alle verschillen, hunne verzoening, vereeniging, en vernieuwing van vrindschap te betuigen met het voorbedagtelyk aanregten van een byzonderen Maaltyd, het Maal der Verzoeninge, of Verzoen-maal, en by verkorting Zoen-maal genaamd.”

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• maaltijd

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. time, turn, occurrence

• keer

• Afrikaans: maal
• Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
• Negerhollands: mal

From Middle Dutch mael, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).

Cognate with compare Old English mæl, Old Norse mál (“ornament (on a sword)”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “writing, scripture”), Welsh melyn (“yellow”), Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”).

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. stain
2. mark, marking

• gedenkmaal

• malen

maal

1. first-person singular present indicative of malen
2. imperative of malen

From Middle Dutch mael, male, from Old Dutch māla, from Proto-Germanic *mēlō (“young cow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melh₁-. Compare Old Irish míl (“animal”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”) , Breton mil (“animal”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ‎ (mall, “livestock”).

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. (obsolete) calf (young cow)

• lama

From maalima (“to paint”).

maal (genitive maali, partitive maali)

1. painting

maal

1. adessive singular of maa

• IPA^(key): /maːl/

maal

1. one

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From Malay mahal.

maál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

From Malay mahal.

maál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

From Malay mahal.

maal

1. dear

maal

1. Alternative form of male (“apple”)

maal n

1. obsolete typography of mål

maal

1. water

• R. Blench, The Rukul language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2006) (mentions this word in notes)

maal

1. water

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 248, →ISBN