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Webster 1913 Edition

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 2025

mála

mála

See also: màla, måla, mala, malā, mäla, and mała

Faroese

Verb

mála ‎(third person singular past indicative málaði, third person plural past indicative málað, supine málað)

  1. to paint

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mála. Cognate with Danish male, malen ‎(“to paint”) and Swedish måla from Middle Low German mālen ‎(“to draw, paint”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmauːla/
  • Rhymes: -auːla

Verb

mála ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative málaði, supine málað)

  1. to paint (houses)
    Ég lýk því að mála húsið á morgun.
    I'll finish painting the house tomorrow.
  2. to paint (pictures)
    Málaðu mynd af mér.
    Paint a picture of me.

Conjugation

málast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að málast
supine
(sagnbót) 		málast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		málandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég málast við málumst present
(nútíð) 		ég málist við málumst
þú málast þið málist þú málist þið málist
hann, hún, það málast þeir, þær, þau málast hann, hún, það málist þeir, þær, þau málist
past
(þátíð) 		ég málaðist við máluðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég málaðist við máluðumst
þú málaðist þið máluðust þú málaðist þið máluðust
hann, hún, það málaðist þeir, þær, þau máluðust hann, hún, það málaðist þeir, þær, þau máluðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		málast (þú) málist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
málastu málisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Noun

mála n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of mál

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Middle English male or Anglo-Norman male, both meaning bag, from which the English mail and French malle are derived.

Pronunciation

Noun

mála m ‎(genitive singular mála, nominative plural málaí)

  1. bag (flexible container)
  2. stomach; appetite

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  • "mála" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “mála” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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