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5-letter words (4 found)

ALMAS,AMLAS,LAMAS,MALAS,

4-letter words (14 found)

AALS,ALAS,ALMA,ALMS,AMAS,AMLA,LAMA,LAMS,MAAS,MALA,MALS,MASA,SAMA,SLAM,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,AMA,LAM,LAS,MAA,MAL,MAS,SAL,SAM,SMA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AL,AM,AS,LA,MA,

You can make 37 words from malas according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of malas

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Definitions and meaning of malas

malas

Noun

malas

  1. 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)

  1. (male) highlander, mountain dweller, mountaineer, alpinist
  2. (ethnography) resident of the malësi (“highland”) or of malësor (“highlander”) descent

Related terms

  • malësi, malësia
  • mal
  • malësor, malësore
  • majë

Further reading

  • [1] 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(key): /ˈmalas/, [ˈma.l̪as]

Adjective

málas

  1. unlucky
    Synonyms: demalas, kablas, buwisit, maldito

Derived terms

Galician

Adjective

malas

  1. 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(key): /ˈmalas/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧las
  • Rhymes: -las, -as, -s

Adjective

malas

  1. indolent, lazy

Derived terms

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 Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Noun

mālās

  1. accusative plural of māla

Adjective

malās

  1. accusative feminine plural of malus

Latvian

Noun

malas f

  1. inflection of mala:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mä.läs]
  • Rhymes: -alas, -las, -as

Adjective

malas (Jawi spelling مالس)

  1. indolent
  2. 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

  1. plural of mala

Spanish

Adjective

malas m pl or f pl

  1. feminine plural of malo

Noun

malas f pl

  1. plural of mala

Swedish

Verb

malas

  1. passive infinitive of mala

Anagrams

  • lamas, samla, smala

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalas/, [ˈma.lɐs]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧las

Noun

malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. observation; intent look
    Synonyms: masid, malasmas, tingin, tanaw, sulyap
Derived terms

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalas/, [ˈma.lɐs]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧las

Noun

malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. bad luck; misfortune; inauspicious
Derived terms

Adjective

malas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. unlucky
  2. unfortunate
See also
  • buwisit

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org