English

Noun

mala ‎(plural malae)

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

Etymology 2

see malum.

Noun

mala

1. plural of malum

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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.

External links

• Hindu prayer beads on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alma, Alma, lama

Breton

Verb

mala

1. to grind

Catalan

Adjective

mala

1. feminine singular of mal

Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. opposite

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. To grind

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

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!

Conjugation

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• mölun
• mal

Ido

Adjective

mala

1. bad

Antonyms

• bona

Derived terms

• maleso

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mala.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mala f ‎(genitive singular mala, nominative plural malaí)

1. brow, eyebrow

Declension

Mutation

Italian

Noun

mala f ‎(plural male)

1. underworld, gangland

Anagrams

• alma, lama

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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!

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• maxilla

References

• 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mala”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Etymology 2

Adjective

mala

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

malā

1. feminine ablative singular of malus

Etymology 3

Noun

mala n pl

1. inflection of malum:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative plural
   3. vocative plural

Etymology 4

Noun

māla n pl

1. inflection of mālum:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative plural
   3. vocative plural

Latvian

Noun

mala f (4th declension)

1. edge, shore

Declension

Derived terms

• jūrmala
• mežmala

Verb

mala

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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmä̌ːlɐ]

Verb

mãla

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

Margi

Noun

mala

1. woman

References

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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)

Descendants

References

• 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)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

mala

1. to grind

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: mala

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mala n

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

Declension

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

mala

1. rufous hare wallaby

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mala f (plural malas)

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

Synonyms

• (handbag): bolsa, maleta, saco

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mala f ‎(genitive singular mala, plural malaichean)

1. eyebrow

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mala

1. feminine singular of malu; bad.

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mala, feminine of malus.

Adjective

mala

1. feminine singular of malo

Etymology 2

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”).

Noun

mala f ‎(plural malas)

1. suitcase
2. mailbag
3. mail, post

Derived terms

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

mala ‎(present mal, 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.

Conjugation

Tuvaluan

Noun

mala

1. plague