mala

Borrowed from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek”).

mala (plural malae)

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

See malum.

mala

1. plural of malum

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

mala (plural malas or mala)

1. 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

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

mala

1. to grind

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

mala f sg

1. feminine singular of mal

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmala/
• Hyphenation: mal‧a
• Rhymes: -ala

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

mala

1. feminine singular of malo

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

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

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

mala

1. disaster

mala

1. withered, faded
2. (Classical Malay) dirty, impurity
3. diseased

• “mala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish mala.

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

mala f (genitive singular mala, nominative plural malaí)

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

• mala púiceach (“beetle brow”)

• "mala" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “mala”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

mala f (plural male)

1. underworld, gangland

• alma, lama

From Proto-Italic *smakslā, from Proto-Indo-European *smek- (“beard”) as *smḱ- (“beard”) +‎ *slo/h₂-.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.la/, [ˈmaː.ɫa]

māla f (genitive mālae); first declension

1. (anatomy) cheekbone, jaw
2. cheek

   Tam consimile'st atque ego: sūra, pēs, statūra, tōnsus, oculī, nāsus, vel labra, mālae, mentum, barba, collum - tōtus! (Platus, Amphitryo, Act 1, 443-445)

   He's so similar to me: his calves, feet, height, haircut, eyes, nose, lips, jaw, chin, beard, neck - all of it!

First-declension noun.

• maxilla

• 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, 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

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la/, [ˈma.ɫa]

mala f (genitive malae); first declension

1. bundle, bag

First-declension noun.

• Old French: male, malle
  • Middle French: malle
    • French: malle
    • → Spanish: mala
  • Gallo: mol
  • Walloon: male (Forrières)
  • → Middle English: male, maile, mayll
    • Scots: male, mail
    • English: mail

mala

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

malā

1. feminine ablative singular of malus

mala n pl

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of malum

māla n pl

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mālum

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

• 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.

mala (present tense mel, past tense mol, past participle male, present participle malande, imperative mal)

1. to grind
2. 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 mal/mala)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by 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)

• 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, 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

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”).

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

mala f (plural malas)

1. suitcase
2. (travel) luggage
3. (automotive) boot, trunk
4. (chiefly Portugal) handbag
5. (idiomatic) An irritating person.

• (handbag): bolsa, maleta, saco

From Old Irish mala.

mala f (genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

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

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “mala”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →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/

From Latin mala ("bad, evil"), feminine of malus.

mala

1. Feminine singular of adjective 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
2. mailbag
3. mail, post

• (suitcase): maleta, valija
• (mailbag): saca de correos, saca postal, valija
• (mail): 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

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

mala

1. plague

mala (definite form mala mi)

1. animal