malus – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: malus
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	malus
Singular fem.	mala
Singular neut.	malum
Plural masc.	malī
Plural fem.	malae
Plural neut.	mala

Genitive

Singular masc.	malī
Singular fem.	malae
Singular neut.	malī
Plural masc.	malōrum
Plural fem.	malārum
Plural neut.	malōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	malō
Singular fem.	malae
Singular neut.	malō
Plural masc.	malīs
Plural fem.	malīs
Plural neut.	malīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	malum
Singular fem.	malam
Singular neut.	malum
Plural masc.	malōs
Plural fem.	malās
Plural neut.	mala

Ablative

Singular masc.	malō
Singular fem.	malā
Singular neut.	malō
Plural masc.	malīs
Plural fem.	malīs
Plural neut.	malīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	male
Singular fem.	mala
Singular neut.	malum
Plural masc.	malī
Plural fem.	malae
Plural neut.	mala

Comparison

Comparative	peior
Superlative	pessimus

Sample Sentences

Abī in malam crucem, malum cruciātum. (Get lost, fuck off!)
Mala rēs. (Trouble, bad business.)
Mala aetās. (Old age.)
Mala faciēs. (Ugly face.)
Malus et nēquam homō. (An evil and wicked man.)
Dolus malus. (Deliberate deception, malice afterthought (legal language).)
Mala mēns, malus animus. (An evil mind, an evil heart.

(In other words, what one says and does reveal that person’s inner character.)) [166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 164]
Consuētūdō mala. (A bad habit.)
Mala vōta, carmina susurrāre. (To whisper evil spells, incantations.)
Mala verba. (Abuses.)
Mala tempestās. (Bad, unfavourable, unsuitable weather.)
Malam fāmam ferre. (To bring bad reputation, ill fame.)
Malīs avibus. (Under evil auspices.)
Reliquiae malae pugnae. (Remnants of an unsuccessful, adverse battle.)
Mala merx/mers. (A bad lot (of persons).)
Malā mente esse. (To be out of one's mind.)
Pessimus poēta. (The worst poet.)

Adjectives inflected like malus

malus,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-?
3. Proto-Italic *malos
4. Latin malus
5. Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *malos, from Proto-Indo-European *mol-o- (“bad?”), from *(s)mel-. Within Italic, the term is probably connected to Oscan mallom, mallud (“bad”). More broadly, it is perhaps related to Old Irish mell (“destruction”), Ancient Greek μέλεος (méleos, “idle, unhappy”), Lithuanian mẽlas (“lie”), and the first element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). De Vaan, however, considers this etymology uncertain, arguing that this word family consists of "largely isolated words in different IE branches".
6. Earlier associated with Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”), but support for this is waning. Also compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “treacherous”) and Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirtiness, impurity”).

Verbs referencing "malus"

English Adjectives small, Portuguese Adjectives mau, Galician Adjectives malo, Italian Adjectives malo, Spanish Adjectives malo, French Adjectives mauvais, Asturian Adjectives malu, Galician Adjectives mao, Italian Adjectives maliardo.