# malas
## English
### Noun

malas
* plural of mala

### Anagrams

* Alams, Lamas, Salam, Salma, Slama, almas, amlas, laams, lamas, salam

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* malësor (Standard)
* malsor (Gheg)

### Etymology

From mal (“mountain”) (see also malësi (“highland”)).

### Noun

málas m (plural málas, definite málasi, definite plural málasit)
* (male) highlander, mountain dweller, mountaineer, alpinist
* (ethnography) resident of the malësi (“highland”) or of malësor (“highlander”) descent

#### Related terms

* malësi, malësia
* mal
* malësor, malësore
* majë

### Further reading

* noun "malas / málas" (engl. highlander) - def: málasi; pl: málas; def/pl. málasit • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Clipping of Spanish mala suerte or feminine plural of malo. Doublet of demalas.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ma‧las
* IPA: /ˈmalas/ [ˈma.l̪as]

### Adjective

málas
* unlucky
    Synonyms: demalas, kablas, buwisit, maldito

#### Derived terms

* malason
* mamalas
* pagkamalas

## Galician
### Adjective

malas
* feminine plural of malo

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* males (informal)

### Etymology

From Malay malas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma- (“affix forming adjectives and stative verbs”) + below
* from Prakrit [Term?] (compare to Hindi अलस (alas, “lazy, lethargic”)), from Sanskrit अलस (alasa).
* probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *las (“lazy, idle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmalas/
* Hyphenation: ma‧las
* Rhymes: -las, -as, -s

### Adjective

malas
* indolent, lazy

#### Derived terms

* bermalas-malas
* bermalas-malasan
* kemalasan
* malas-malasan
* memalaskan
* pemalas
* termalas

### Further reading

* “malas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kashubian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.las/
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ma‧las

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Noun

malas m inan
* (Canada) syrup

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Interjection

malas
* (Canada) Directs attention to someone or something.

### Further reading

* Stanislow Frymark (2020) “malas”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN

## Latin
### Noun

mālās
* accusative plural of māla

### Adjective

malās
* accusative feminine plural of malus

## Latvian
### Noun

malas f
* inflection of mala:
** genitive singular
** nominative/vocative/accusative plural

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mä.läs]
* Rhymes: -alas, -las, -as

### Adjective

malas (Jawi spelling مالس)
* indolent
* lazy

#### Derived terms

* burung malas
* kemalasan
* memalaskan
* pemalas

#### Further reading

* “malas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Portuguese
### Noun

malas
* plural of mala

## Spanish
### Adjective

malas m pl or f pl
* feminine plural of malo

### Noun

malas f pl
* plural of mala

## Swedish
### Verb

malas
* passive infinitive of mala

### Anagrams

* lamas, samla, smala

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmalas/ [ˈmaː.lɐs]
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ma‧las

#### Noun

malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)
* observation; intent look
    Synonyms: masid, malasmas, tingin, tanaw, sulyap

##### Derived terms

* ipamalas
* magmalas
* magmalas-malas
* makamalas
* malas-malasin
* malasin
* mamalasan
* pagmalas
* pagmamalas

#### See also

* matyag

### Etymology 2

From a clipping of Spanish mala suerte (“bad luck”). Compare Ilocano malas, Kapampangan dimalas, Bikol Central demalas, Cebuano demalas, and Hiligaynon dimalas.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmalas/ [ˈmaː.lɐs]
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ma‧las

#### Noun

malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)
* bad luck; misfortune; inauspicious
    Synonym: samang-palad

##### Derived terms

* kamalasan
* malasin
* pagkamalas

#### Adjective

malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)
* unlucky
* unfortunate

##### See also

* buwisit

### Further reading

* “malas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* Lasam, lamas