mala

Borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.lə/
• Rhymes: -eɪlə

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.

• malar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæl.ə/

mala

1. plural of malum

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.lɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.ɑ/

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.

• Hindu prayer beads on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “mala”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mala”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

• Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, amla, laam, lama

mala

1. feminine singular of malu

From Persian ماله.

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mala (definite accusative malanı, plural malalar)

1. stucco, plaster

   Synonym: suvaq

2. plasterer's/ mason's trowel

   Synonyms: kəmçə, malakeş

3. harrow

   Synonym: dırmıq

• “mala” in Obastan.com.

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

mala

1. to grind

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/

mala f sg

1. feminine singular of mal

• maa

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

mala

1. dry

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

mala

1. disaster
2. misfortune

mal- +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): [ˈmala]
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• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

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

1. opposite

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

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

1. to grind

From English mala, from Martu Wangka mala.

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

mala

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

• (hare-wallaby): jäniskenguru (dated)
• (rufous hare-wallaby): lännenjäniskenguru (dated)

• harmaamala
• pikkumala
• ruskomala

mala

1. feminine singular of malo

mala

1. to crawl

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmɐlə]

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

mala

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

• hoʻomala
• mamala

From Proto-Polynesian *mara.

mala

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

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, babble, talk

   Hann hættir bara ekki að mala.

   He just won't stop babbling!

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

• mölun
• mal

mala

1. bad

• bona

• maleso

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

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

mala

1. (obsolete) dirty, impurity

mala

1. (dated) disease

   Synonym: penyakit

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mala

1. (dated) disaster

   Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, malapetaka, mara

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mala

1. (dated) withered, faded

   Synonyms: layu, merana

• “mala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• malaidh, malaigh, malainn

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-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑl̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠalˠə/, /ˈmˠal̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠi/, /ˈmˠɔl̪ˠi/[1] (as if spelled molaidh)

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

• mala púiceach (“beetle brow”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mala”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

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

mala f (plural male)

1. underworld, gangland

• alma, lama

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.la/, [ˈmäːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

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!

First-declension noun.

• mālāris (adjective)
• māxilla (diminutive)

• → English: mala

• “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, 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

Borrowing from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

mala f (genitive malae); first declension

1. a bundle, bag

First-declension noun.

• Old French: male, malle
  • Anglo-Norman: male
    • → Middle English: male, maile, mayll, maylle
      • English: mail
      • Scots: mail
    • →? Irish: mála (or perhaps via English)
  • Middle French: malle
    • French: malle
    • → Portuguese: mala
    • → Spanish: mala
  • Gallo: mol
  • Walloon: male (Forrières)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• mala: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäɫ̪ä]
• mala: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]
• malā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laː/, [ˈmäɫ̪äː]
• malā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

mala

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈmäːlä]

mala n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of malum

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

mala f (4th declension)

1. edge, shore

• jūrmala
• mežmala

mala

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

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page mala

• IPA^(key): [ˈmä̌ːlɐ]

mãla

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

mala

1. eye

• Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar

mala

1. woman

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

• male

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːlɑ/

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

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)

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

• “mala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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)

• Icelandic: mala
• Faroese: mala
• Norwegian: male
• Old Swedish: mala
  • Swedish: mala
• Danish: male
• Westrobothnian: mala, mäla, mjäla

• “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, 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

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

mala

1. to grind

• Swedish: mala

mala n

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɐlɐ]

mala

1. rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus)

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

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”).

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧la

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase
2. (travel) luggage
3. (automotive) boot, trunk
4. (chiefly Portugal) handbag

   Synonyms: bolsa, maleta, saco

mala m or f by sense (plural malas)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic) an irritating person

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

mala

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

• Pukapuka Dictionary

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

mala f (plural malale)

1. trowel

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

mala

1. calamity

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-mər^əδō, “demon's head”).

mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

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

• The plural is mailghean in Argyll.

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “mala”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “mala”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

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

From Latin malus.

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

mala f sg

1. feminine singular of malu; bad.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmala]

mala

1. feminine singular l-participle of mať

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mala f (plural malas)

1. female equivalent of malo

mala f

1. feminine singular of malo

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”).

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase

   Synonyms: maleta, valija

2. mailbag

   Synonyms: saca de correos, saca postal, valija

3. mail, post

   Synonym: correo

• “mala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

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

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

• malström

• Alma, lama

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

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

mala

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

mala

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

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

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

mala

1. misfortune, bad luck
2. disaster

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

mala

1. plague

mala (definite form mala mi)

1. animal