# mála
## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmauːla/
* Rhymes: -auːla

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Verb

mála (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative málaði, supine málað)
* to paint (houses)
    Ég lýk því að mála húsið á morgun.I'll finish painting the house tomorrow.
* to paint (pictures)
    Málaðu mynd af mér.Paint a picture of me.

##### Derived terms

* málari

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mála n
* indefinite genitive plural of mál

### Anagrams

* álma

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈmˠɑːl̪ˠə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈmˠæːl̪ˠə/

### Noun

mála m (genitive singular mála, nominative plural málaí)
* bag (flexible container)
** collection, bundle, repository
* (anatomy, etc.) stomach; appetite

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
mála
málaí
vocative
a mhála
a mhálaí
genitive
mála
málaí
dative
mála
málaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mála
na málaí
genitive
an mhála
na málaí
dative
leis an mála don mhála
leis na málaí :

#### Derived terms

* ábhar málaí (“bagging”)
* ceannaí mála (“chapman, pedlar”)
* iall mála (“bag-cord”)
* lán mála, mála lán (“bagful, sackful”)
* mála an domlais (“gall-bladder”)
* mála an éithigh (“lucky-bag”)
* mála an leabhair (“omasum, manyplies”)
* mála cáipéisí (“brief-case, portfolio”)
* mála ceirteacha (“rag-bag”)
* mála cinn (“nose-bag”)
* mála codlata (“flea-bag, sleeping-bag”)
* mála diallaite (“saddle-bag”)
* mála droma (“rucksack”)
* mála fuála (“(sewing) work-bag”)
* mála gainimh (“sandbag”)
* mála gáis (“gas-bag”)
* mála glóthaí (“jelly-bag”)
* mála goirm (“blue-bag”)
* mála guail (“sack of coal; coal-sack”)
* mála láimhe (“handbag”)
* mála (le haghaidh) airgid (“money-bag”)
* mála litreacha (“mail-bag”)
* mála lóin (“haversack”)
* mála oighir (“ice-bag”)
* mála olla (“woolsack”)
* mála páipéir (“paper bag”)
* mála plúir (“bag of flour; flour-bag”)
* mála poist (“post-bag”)
* mála scoile (“school-bag, satchel”)
* mála seilge (“game-bag”)
* mála siopadóireachta (“shopping bag”)
* mála síothlaithe (“straining-bag”)
* mála spúinse (“sponge-bag”)
* mála tae (“teabag”)
* mála taistil (“hold-all, kit-bag, suit-case, travelling-bag, carpet-bag”)
* mála trealaimh (“kit-bag”)
* mála uirlisí (“tool-bag”)
* málaeir (“bagman; person with large appetite, glutton”)
* píb mhála (“bagpipe”)
* sacadh isteach i mála (“bagging”)
* socmhála (“nosebag”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* 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, 2013-2025

## Old Norse
### Noun

mála
* genitive plural of mál

## Scanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [màʊːla], [mòːla]

### Verb

mála (preterite singular málade, supine málað)
* to measure