MALA, mala
Sounds Like: MAH-lah
Translations: bad, evil, wicked, harmful, unfortunate, an apple, apples, misfortunes, jaw, cheekbone
From the root: MALUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflection of the Latin adjective 'malus' (bad, evil) or the nouns 'malum' (apple, evil) or 'mala' (jaw). As an adjective, 'mala' can be the feminine singular form (nominative/vocative/ablative) or the neuter plural form (nominative/accusative/vocative), meaning 'bad' or 'evil'. As a noun, 'mala' can refer to 'an apple' (feminine singular, nominative/vocative/ablative), 'apples' (neuter plural, nominative/accusative/vocative), 'misfortunes' (neuter plural, nominative/accusative/vocative), or 'a jaw/cheekbone' (feminine singular, nominative/vocative). Its meaning depends heavily on the context and the gender/number of the noun it modifies or replaces.
Inflection: Feminine Singular (Nominative, Vocative, Ablative) or Neuter Plural (Nominative, Accusative, Vocative) for the adjective 'malus'; Feminine Singular (Nominative, Vocative, Ablative) or Neuter Plural (Nominative, Accusative, Vocative) for the noun 'malum'; Feminine Singular (Nominative, Vocative) for the noun 'mala'.
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, MALUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- MALAS — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, an evil thing, (accusative plural) bad things, evil things
- MALIS — (to) bad, (to) evil, (to) wicked, (by) bad, (by) evil, (by) wicked, (to) an apple, (by) an apple, (to) apples, (by) apples, (to) a mast, (by) a mast, (to) masts, (by) masts
- MALO — evil, bad, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, an evil
- MALUS — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, ugly, unfortunate, a bad thing, an evil thing, misfortune, a bad person, an evil person, an apple tree, a mast, a pole
- PESSIMA — worst, most evil, very bad, a worst, the worst
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