mal
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forMalayalam . Borrowed fromFrench mal ( “ illness ” ) .Doublet ofmalus
mal (plural mals
( only in set phrases ) illness ,affliction .a grandmal seizure
Clipping ofmalibu
mal (plural mals
( surfing ) longboard (type of surfboard).Clipping ofmalleolus
mal (plural mals
( medicine , informal ) malleolus .lateralmal
etymologically unrelated terms containing "mal"
FromDutch mal Middle Dutch mal
mal (attributive mal comparative maller superlative malste
crazy Synonym: gek Inflection ofmal predicative attributive independent partitive singular plural positive mal malle malles mals comparative maller mallere malleres mallers superlative malste malstes —
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FromProto-Albanian *mala [ 1] Illyrian *mol-on Vladimir Orel proposedLithuanian malà ( “ land ” ) andLatvian mala ( “ bank, shore ” ) as cognates. Proto-Albanian*mal- [ 2] [ 3] malësor ( “ highlander, mountaineer ” ) , in toponym (historical and ethnographic region)Malësia (north Albania and Montenegro). In Kosovo (Malishevë, Gjilan ,Mališevo , Prizren), in Serbia (Maleševo (Golubac) ,Maleševo (Rekovac) ) and the name ofMaleshevo Mountain (North Macedonia and Bulgaria).[ 4] Sanskrit मरु ( marú , “ wilderness, mountain, rock ” ) as a cognate.According toMichel Morvan a commonpre-Indo-European substrate Basque malda ( “ slope ” ) andmalkor ( “ precipice ” ) [ 5] geonymic root *mal (*mel, *mol),Tamil மலை ( malai , “ hill, mountain ” ) andMalayalam മല ( mala , “ id ” ) ).
La Piana and Huld suggestedOld English molda ( “ forehead ” ) andSanskrit मूर्धन् ( mūrdhan , “ head, top, summit ” ) , both derived fromProto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ Ancient Greek *μλωθρός ( *mlōthrós ) ,μέλαθρον ( mélathron , “ ridgepole ” ) ,βλαστάνω ( blastánō , “ to sprout, grow ” ) . Compare alsoAncient Greek βλωθρός ( blōthrós , “ lofty ” ) ,Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬋 ( ka-mərə , “ demon's head ” ) , with a semantic development from ‘head’ > ‘summit’, comparemalë ( “ tongue tip, tree top ” ) ) > ‘mountain’.
mal m (plural male definite mali definite plural malet
mount Mali i KorabitMount Korabmountain Synonym: bjeshkë ( Gheg ) forest largeamount of somethingKam marrë njëmal me letra. ―I've receiveda lot of papers. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998 ) “mal ”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN (“Proto-Albanian *mala was borrowed into Rum. mal ('bank')”) ^ Gustav Meyer (1891 )Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache , Trübner, page273 ^ Gustav Meyer (1892 )Albanesische Studien III. Lautlehre des indogermanischen Bestandteile des Albanesischen , Carl Gerold's Sohn, pages63, 78 ^ Ernst Eichler, Gerold Hilty, Heinrich Löffler, Hugo Steger, Ladislav Zgusta (1995 )Namenforschung 1. Teilband (Name Studies Volume 1, Les noms propres Tome 1) , Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin - New York,→ISBN Invalid ISBN (Chapter: 104. Illyrian-Albanian Toponyms) [1] ^ Michel Morvan (1996 )Les origines linguistiques du Basque (The linguistic origins of Basque) , Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux,→ISBN
mal
todo Cognate to Daco-Romanian mal Proto-Albanian *mala ( “ mountain ” ) (Albanian mal *mal- [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Albanian mal ( “ mountain ” ) for more.
mal
shore pile ,heap ^ Ernst Eichler, Gerold Hilty, Heinrich Löffler, Hugo Steger, Ladislav Zgusta (1995 )Namenforschung 1. Teilband (Name Studies Volume 1, Les noms propres Tome 1) , Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin - New York,→ISBN Invalid ISBN (Chapter: 104. Illyrian-Albanian Toponyms) [2] ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998 ) “mal ”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN (“Proto-Albanian *mala was borrowed into Rum. mal ('bank')”) ^ Gustav Meyer (1891 )Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache , Trübner, page273 ^ Gustav Meyer (1892 )Albanesische Studien III. Lautlehre des indogermanischen Bestandteile des Albanesischen , Carl Gerold's Sohn, pages63, 78
FromArabic مَال ( māl , “ property ” ) .
mal (definite accusative malı plural mallar
property Synonym: əmlak goods ,ware ,commodity ,product Synonyms: məhsul ( formal ) əmtəə Çindən gətirilən mallar ―goods imported from China( colloquial ) cargo cattle ,livestock cow Synonym: inək beef ( mostly in combination withət ( “ meat ” ) ) mal ətibeef ( colloquial , by extension) dumb ,dull person ; anidiot Nə var,mal kimi durmusan orada? ―Don't stand there like anidiot ! ( colloquial , derogatory , by extension) well-fed ,plump woman FromProto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ ( “ to come ” ) . Cognate withThai มา ( maa ) ,Northern Thai ᨾᩣ ( ma ) ,Lao ມາ ( mā ) ,Lü ᦙᦱ ( maa ) ,Ahom 𑜉𑜠 ( ma ) ,𑜉𑜡 ( mā ) ,𑜉𑜡𑜠 ( māa ) ,Zhuang maz
mal
tocome FromProto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ ( “ dog ” ) . Cognate withThai หมา Lao ໝາ ( mā ) ,Lü ᦖᦱ ( ṁaa ) ,Shan မႃ ( mǎa ) ,Zhuang ma
mal
dog mal
water R. Blench,The Rukul language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2006) (mentions this word in notes) FromOld Catalan mal Latin malus
mal m (plural mals
evil ,bad Antonym: bé illness Synonym: malaltia FromOld Catalan mal Latin male
mal
badly ,poorly Synonym: malament Antonym: bé mal (feminine mala masculine plural mals feminine plural males
bad ,poor Synonym: dolent Antonym: bo Borrowed fromSpanish mal malo ( “ evil ” ) .
mal
( billiards ) foul mal
( billiards ) commit a foulFromMiddle High German māl Old High German māl Proto-West Germanic *māl Proto-Germanic *mēlą ( “ measurement; time; meal ” ) . Cognate withGerman Mal Mahl English meal
mal n
( Luserna ) meal FromArabic مال ( māl ,“ property ” ) .
mal
article ,product cattle ,livestocks FromLatin malus
mal
evil ,harm mal
imperative ofmale First attested in the seventeenth century. Ultimately derived fromOld French modle Latin modulus ( “ measure ” ) .Doublet ofmodule modulus
mal f (plural mallen diminutive malletje n )
mold ,cast ( device to help creatingshapes ) FromMiddle Dutch mal German malle French mal ( “ bad ” ) orDutch malen ( “ to grind, crush ” ) in the sense "broken, twisted."
mal (comparative maller superlative malst
foolish ,crazy , lackingcommon sense The adjectivemal mallerd dwaas dom gek
FromOld French mal Latin malus Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- ( “ bad, wrong ” ) . Near cognates includePortuguese mal Italian male Spanish malo
mal m (plural maux
( as in the phrase:avoir du mal ) trouble ,difficulty Synonyms: problème emmerde misère difficulté J’ai dumal à m’imaginer ça. ―I have trouble imagining that. pain Synonym: douleur J’aimal à la tête. ―I have a headache. (literally, “I have pain at the head. ”)1986 There Once Was… a House of Musicians ]”, inIl était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog CLE International Aïe, j’aimal au bras !mal aux dents! Et toi, le lit, tu n’as pasmal aux pieds ?mal à la tête.mal aux oreilles ! Argh, my arms hurt! evil Le philosophe abordait de grandes questions du bon et dumal . ―The philosopher discussed broad questions of good and evil. damage ,harm Synonyms: tort dommage Lemal est fait. ―The damage is done. FromOld French Latin male
mal
badly C’estmal fait. ―It's donebadly . mal (feminine male masculine plural maux feminine plural males
( in set phrases and limited constructions ) bad bon an,mal an ―good year,bad year bon gré,mal gré ―willy-nilly (literally, “good will,bad will ”)Il estmal de [infinitive] ―It’swrong to [infinitive] C’estmal de [infinitive] ―It’swrong to [infinitive] IPA (key ) : /ˈmal/ [ˈmɑɫ] Rhymes:-al Hyphenation:mal FromOld Galician-Portuguese mal Latin male
mal
badly Antonym: ben FromOld Galician-Portuguese mal Latin malum
mal m (plural males
misfortune bad ;evil sickness ;disease mal m sg
( before the noun ) Apocopic form ofmalo Peasants usingmales ("flails") to thresh cereal Attested since circa 1300 (máále ), fromLatin manualis ( “ manual ” ) . Cognate withPortuguese mangual
mal m (plural males
flail c. 1300 General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV , Oviedo: Archivum, page271 :cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi omáále áá messe que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as theflail does to the harvest, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part 1474 Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática , Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page67 :Iten, preçaron hunmaal en tres maravedis Item, they appraised aflail in three coins handle of theflail Synonyms: mango mangueira moca Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “mal ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “maal ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “mal ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “mal ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “mal ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN From the nounMal ( “ time ” ) . Partly shortened fromeinmal
mal
times ( indicating multiplication of two numbers ) sechsmal sieben ist zweiundvierzig sixtimes seven is forty-two ( informal ) Alternative form ofeinmal ( “ sometime, ever, once ” ) , may serve to introduce a new information.Wenn du in Köln bist, musst dumal bei deiner Tante anrufen. When you’re in Cologne, you must call your auntsometime. Ich gehmal zum Kaffeestand. I’m off to the coffee stall. (going to the coffee stall was not discussed at the moment) ( informal ) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request. Haben Siemal Feuer? Do you have a lighter [please ]? (can not imply that the asker is offering his lighter) Haste Feuer? D'ya have fire? (may imply that the asker is offering his lighter) Du musstmal deine Tante anrufen. You have to call your aunt. (urging to do it now or very soon) mal
singular imperative ofmalen ( colloquial ) first-person singular present ofmalen Guinea-Bissau Creole [ edit ] FromPortuguese mal Kabuverdianu mal
mal
bad Frommala ( “ to purr ” ) .
mal n (genitive singular mals no plural )
purr Seemalur
mal
indefinite accusative singular ofmalur IPA (key ) : [ˈmal] Hyphenation:mal FromMalay mal
mal (plural mal -mal
head Synonym: kepala top ( of kris ) Synonym: ganja bottom ( of a blade ) Synonym: pangkal FromMalay mal Arabic مَال ( māl ) .
mal (plural mal -mal
treasure Synonyms: khazanah harta benda synonym ofdana FromDutch mal ( “ mold, cast ” ) , fromOld French modle Latin modulus ( “ measure ” ) .Doublet ofmodulus
mal (plural mal -mal
mold ,cast Synonym: cetakan pattern Synonym: pola FromEnglish mall
mal (plural mal -mal
shopping centre ,mall Synonyms: plaza pusat perbelanjaan FromLatin malus
mal (comparative plus malsuperlative le plus mal
bad evil mal (comparative plus malsuperlative le plus mal
badly ,poorly wrongfully mal (plural males
bad ,badness , something badevil illness pain ,ache mal m ( apocopated
Apocopic form ofmale FromPortuguese mal
mal
bad mal
inflection ofmalt second-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Akin toItalian male malus
mal
bad mal
heart Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge. mal
Alternative form ofmale mal
Alternative form ofmale FromOld French mal
mal m (plural maulx
bad act mal m (feminine singular male ormalle masculine plural maulx feminine plural males ormalles
bad ;evil mal
evilly ;badly ;poorly mal
tax Borrowed fromMalay mahal Bikol Central mahal Tagalog mahal
mal
expensive Antonym: barato FromOld French mal Latin male
mal
( Guernsey ) badly mal
( Guernsey ) bad FromProto-Iranian *dmáHnaH
mal f
home family ,dynasty ,house FromDutch mal
mal m (definite singular malen indefinite plural maler definite plural malene
atemplate mal
imperative ofmale “mal” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromDutch mal
mal m (definite singular malen indefinite plural malar definite plural malane
atemplate mal
imperative ofmala “mal” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-Germanic *mailą
māl n
mole ( spot on the skin ) mark ,spot Stronga -stem:
māl n
a suit ,legal case ,prosecution ,defense FromLatin male
mal
evilly badly ;poorly FromLatin malus
mal oblique singular , m (oblique plural maus or max or mals nominative singular maus or max or mals nominative plural mal
evil pain ,suffering mal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular male comparative peior superlative peior
bad (undesirable; not good)Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] FromLatin male ( “ badly; wrongly ” ) .
mal
badly Fala:mal Galician:mal Portuguese:mal see there for further descendants ) FromLatin malus Gallo-Romance cognate withOld French mal
mal
bad ( negative ) bad( evil ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
mal f (Perso-Arabic spelling مل
goats i-decl (Obl): -í
Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011 ) “mal”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[5] →ISBN
FromOld Galician-Portuguese mal Latin male ( “ badly; wrongly ” ) .
mar ( eye dialect spelling, representing Caipira Portuguese ) mal (comparable comparative pior
badly ( in a faulty, dysfunctional or incorrect manner ) O carro está a funcionar/funcionando bemmal . The car is running prettybadly . (O) João fala inglêsmal . John speaks Englishbadly . ( preceding verbs ) hardly ;barely Elemal consegue estudar com todo este barulho. He canhardly study with all this noise. wrong ( incorrect ) A resposta estámal . The answer is wrong. unfavourably ( in an unfavourable manner ) Pensomal de ti. I thinkunfavourably of you. Ele falamal de ti. He speaksunfavourably of you. ( in compounds ) evilly mal -assombradohaunted (literally, “evilly -shadowedmal -agouradocursed (literally, “evilly -forebodedFor quotations using this term, seeCitations:mal .
mal
have /had just ;have /had barely Mal tinha saído quando a encontrei.Ihad barely gone out when I found her. FromLatin malus Italian male Sicilian mali
mal m (plural males
( uncountable ) evil ( malevolent forces or behaviour ) As forças domal cercaram o castelo. The forces ofevil sieged the castle. harm Ela não fez pormal . She meant no harm. Não fazmal . No problem. (It does not matter.) malady ( any ailment or disease, especially a lingering one ) Males como a SIDA e pneumonia são mortais.Illnesses such as AIDS and pneumonia are deadly.mal
( Brazil ) Misspelling ofmau .Guinea-Bissau Creole:mal Kabuverdianu:mal Cognate toAromanian mal meal Proto-Albanian *mala ( “ mountain ” ) (StandardAlbanian mal [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Albanian mal ( “ mountain ” ) for more.
mal n (plural maluri
shore ^ Ernst Eichler, Gerold Hilty, Heinrich Löffler, Hugo Steger, Ladislav Zgusta (1995 )Namenforschung 1. Teilband (Name Studies Volume 1, Les noms propres Tome 1) , Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin - New York,→ISBN (Chapter: 104. Illyrian-Albanian Toponyms) [3] ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998 ) “mal ”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN (“Proto-Albanian *mala was borrowed into Rum. mal ('bank')”) ^ Gustav Meyer (1891 )Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache , Trübner, page273 ^ Gustav Meyer (1892 )Albanesische Studien III. Lautlehre des indogermanischen Bestandteile des Albanesischen , Carl Gerold's Sohn, pages63, 78 FromProto-Slavic *malъ Proto-Indo-European *moh₁los
mȃl (Cyrillic spelling ма̑л definite mȃlī comparative mȁnjī
small positive indefinite forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative mal mala malo genitive mala male mala dative malu maloj malu accusative inanimate animate mal malu malo vocative mal mala malo locative malu maloj malu instrumental malim malom malim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative mali male mala genitive malih malih malih dative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a) accusative male male mala vocative mali male mala locative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a) instrumental malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
positive definite forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative mali mala malo genitive malog(a) male malog(a) dative malom(u/e) maloj malom(u/e) accusative inanimate animate mali malu malo vocative mali mala malo locative malom(e/u) maloj malom(e/u) instrumental malim malom malim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative mali male mala genitive malih malih malih dative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a) accusative male male mala vocative mali male mala locative malim(a) malim(a) malim(a) instrumental malim(a) malim(a) malim(a)
comparative forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative manji manja manje genitive manjeg(a) manje manjeg(a) dative manjem(u) manjoj manjem(u) accusative inanimate animate manji manju manje vocative manji manja manje locative manjem(u) manjoj manjem(u) instrumental manjim manjom manjim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative manji manje manja genitive manjih manjih manjih dative manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a) accusative manje manje manja vocative manji manje manja locative manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a) instrumental manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)
superlative forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative najmanji najmanja najmanje genitive najmanjeg(a) najmanje najmanjeg(a) dative najmanjem(u) najmanjoj najmanjem(u) accusative inanimate animate najmanji najmanju najmanje vocative najmanji najmanja najmanje locative najmanjem(u) najmanjoj najmanjem(u) instrumental najmanjim najmanjom najmanjim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative najmanji najmanje najmanja genitive najmanjih najmanjih najmanjih dative najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) accusative najmanje najmanje najmanja vocative najmanji najmanje najmanja locative najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) instrumental najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)
“mal ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal 2006–2025 mal
masculine singular l-participle ofmať IPA (key ) : /ˈmal/ [ˈmal] Rhymes:-al Syllabification:mal Apocopic form ofmalo Latin malus Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- ( “ bad, wrong ” ) .
mal m (apocopate ,standard form malo
( before the noun ) Apocopic form ofmalo bad ;evil amiss ,awry ,off ,wrong Me di cuenta de que algo estabamal . I realized something wasamiss . Mal malo FromLatin male
mal (comparative peor
badly ,poorly ,ill No hablesmal de los muertos. Don't speakill of the dead. Quémal . Toobad . / That's toobad. awry ,amiss ,wrong ,wrongly Tu plan maestro saliómal bastante rápido Your master plan wentawry pretty quickly. hard ( functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English ) Estoy pasándolomal con todo ahora mismo. I'm just having ahard time with everything right now. mal m (plural males
evil ,harm ; abad thing or situationdemal en peor ―frombad to worse disease ,illness ,ailment ... le curaremos, si es que sumal tiene cura... ... we shall cure him, if hisailment has a cure... (Cervantes, Quijote, ch. 23 ) worse ( substantive ) para bien o paramal ―for better or forworse en mal (sense 1 ) en mal (sense 2 ) FromOld Norse mǫlr Proto-Germanic *malwan Proto-Indo-European *molH-(y)o- Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 ( malō ) andGerman Milbe
mal c
moth wels catfish ,Silurus glanis See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mal
inflection ofmala imperative present indicative FromOttoman Turkish مال ( mal ) , fromArabic مَال ( māl , “ property ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈmɑɫ/ Hyphenation:mal mal (definite accusative malı plural mallar or ( dated ) emval
cattle goods ,property asset ( economy ) merchandise ( law ) goods ,commodity ( colloquial , derogatory ) expendable orignorable stupid andannoying person,douche ,prick ( slang , vulgar ) prostitute ( slang ) heroin “mal ”, inTurkish dictionaries , Türk Dil Kurumu Borrowed fromMalay mahal Bikol Central mahal Tagalog mahal
mal
expensive Antonym: barato mal
bird Mal. mal
thigh Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 )A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page45 
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