# malla
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“spot, stain”).

### Noun

malla f
* angioma
* little spot, stain
* mesh

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.ʎə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈma.ʎa]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of màcula, a learned borrowing.

#### Noun

malla f (plural malles)
* mesh, netting
* (in the plural) tights, leggings
* (historical) mail

##### Derived terms

* emmallar
* mallat
* mallatge

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan mealla~mesala, from Early Medieval Latin medālia.

#### Noun

malla f (plural malles)
* type of coin worth half a diner
* pellitory (Parietaria officinalis)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

malla
* inflection of mallar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* “malla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “malla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “malla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “malla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɟa/ [ˈma̠.ɟɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɟa
* Hyphenation: ma‧lla

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese malla (13th century, Alfonso X), borrowed from Old French maille (“mesh, loop”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Doublet of mágoa and malla.

#### Noun

malla f (plural mallas)
* (uncountable) mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)
* (fashion) knitting; knitwear
* (uncountable) mail
* link (of a chain or mail)
    Synonym: elo

##### Derived terms

* cota de malla
* desmallar
* enmallar

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Doublet of mágoa.

#### Noun

malla f (plural mallas)
* (dated) blemish
    Synonyms: mancha, tacha
    Esta mazá non ten unha malla preta!This apple have no blemish!(literally, “This apple have not a black spot!”)

### Etymology 3

Attested since the 15th century. Deverbal from mallar (“to thresh”).

#### Noun

malla f (plural mallas)
* threshing
* a beating
    Synonym: malleira

##### Related terms

* mallar

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

malla
* inflection of mallar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “malha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “malla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “malla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “malla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “malla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* Carlos Lixó, "Outra avoa no reintegracionismo", in Nós diario.

## Icelandic
### Verb

malla
* (cooking) to simmer (cook at a low heat)
    Leyfðu sósunni bara að malla. ― Just let the sauce to simmer a bit.
* (informal) to let something sit (to slowly do its work)
    Stífluhreinsirinn verður aðeins að fá að malla. ― The drain cleaner has to sit for a bit.
* (figurative, informal) to let something sit and not be worked on
    Tillagan hefur verið látin malla í einhverjum nefndum í mörg ár. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Irish
### Adjective

malla
* inflection of mall:
** nominative/vocative/dative plural
** strong genitive plural

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀮𑁆𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* मल्ल (Devanagari script)
* মল্ল (Bengali script)
* මල‍්ල (Sinhalese script)
* မလ္လ or မလ်လ (Burmese script)
* มลฺล or มัลละ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩃᩖ (Tai Tham script)
* ມລ຺ລ or ມັລລະ (Lao script)
* មល្ល (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄣𑄳𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

malla m
* wrestler
* a man of the Malla clan

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaʝa/ [ˈma.ʝa]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmaʝa/ [ˈma.ʝa]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈmaʎa/ [ˈma.ʎa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃa/ [ˈma.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒa/ [ˈma.ʒa]
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* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Rhymes: -aʎa
* Rhymes: -aʃa
* Rhymes: -aʒa
* Syllabification: ma‧lla

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French maille, from Latin macula.

#### Noun

malla f (plural mallas)
* mesh, net
* (in the plural) tights, leggings
* strap handle
* a bag made of thin plastic cords
    Synonym: pilgua

##### Derived terms

* cota de malla

##### Further reading

* “malla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

malla
* inflection of mallar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative