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Mala


Ma′la

,
Noun.
pl.
;
pl. of
Malum
.
[L.]
Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
Mala in se
[L.]
(Law)
,
offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.
Mala prohibita
[L.]
(Law)
,
offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from
mala in se
, which are offenses at common law.

Definition 2024


mala

mala

See also: mála, malá, màla, malā, måla, and mała

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.
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Anagrams


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 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 mala.
    He just won't stop babbling!

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms


Ido

Adjective

mala

  1. bad

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • maleso

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mala.

Pronunciation

Noun

mala f (genitive singular mala, nominative plural malaí)

  1. brow, eyebrow

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mala mhala unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Noun

mala f (plural male)

  1. underworld, gangland

Anagrams


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.

Case Singular Plural
nominative māla mālae
genitive mālae mālārum
dative mālae mālīs
accusative mālam mālās
ablative mālā mālīs
vocative māla mālae
Derived terms

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

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


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


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

Masculine Feminine
Singular malu mala
Plural mali mali

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

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