MALAS, malas
Sounds Like: MAH-lahs
Translations: bad, evil, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, an evil thing, (accusative plural) bad things, evil things
From the root: MALUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: MALAS is an inflection of the Latin word MALUS, meaning 'bad' or 'evil'. As an adjective, it describes something as being of poor quality, harmful, or morally wrong. As a noun, it can refer to evil people or things. In this form, it is the accusative plural, meaning it functions as the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions, referring to multiple feminine or neuter (when used substantively) 'bad' or 'evil' entities.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 31:4
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.
- MALA — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, unfortunate, an apple, apples, misfortunes, jaw, cheekbone
- 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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