малаш

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑˈlɑʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʃ
  • Hyphenation: ма‧лаш

Verb

малаш (malaš) (type II conjugation)

  1. to sleep
    мален ом керт
    maĺen om kert
    I can't sleep
  2. to spend the night
  3. (figuratively) to be asleep, to be sluggish, to be lazy
  4. (figuratively) to grow numb, to go numb, to fall asleep, to go asleep
  5. (figuratively) to coagulate, to clot
  6. (figuratively) to curdle
  7. (figuratively) to mat, to mat together, to get tangled up (hair, wool, etc.)

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “малаш”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna