mála

From Old Norse mála, from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą (“spot, blemish, mark”).

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

1. to paint

From Old Norse mála, from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą (“spot, blemish, mark”).

Cognate with Finnish maalata, Danish male, German malen (“to paint”) and Swedish måla from Middle Low German mâlen (“to draw, paint”).

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

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.

• málari

mála n

1. indefinite genitive plural of mál

• álma

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

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑːl̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠæːl̪ˠə/

mála m (genitive singular mála, nominative plural málaí)

1. bag (flexible container)
   1. collection, bundle, repository
2. (anatomy, etc.) stomach; appetite

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mála”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mála”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mála”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mála”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

mála

1. genitive plural of mál

• IPA^(key): ,

mála (preterite singular málade, supine málað)

1. to measure