maal

maál

1. good

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

maál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

• IPA^(key): /maːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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From Middle Dutch mael, from Old Dutch *māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare German Mahl, English meal, Danish mål.

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. meal

   Ik bereid een heerlijke maal met pasta en saus.

   I'm preparing a delicious meal with pasta and sauce.

   Het restaurant serveert heerlijke malen uit verschillende keukens.

   The restaurant serves delicious meals from various cuisines.

   Na een lange dag werken, genoten we van een gezamenlijke maal met onze vrienden.

   After a long day at work, we enjoyed a communal meal with our friends.

• maaltijd

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. time, turn, occurrence

   Dit is de eerste maal dat ik hier ben geweest.

   This is the first time I have been here.

   Ik heb het je al drie malen verteld.

   I have told you three times already.

   Het gebeurde een paar malen dat de stroom uitviel.

   It happened a few times that the power went out.

   Hij slaagde erin het probleem in één enkele maal op te lossen.

   He managed to solve the problem in a single occurrence.

• keer

• Afrikaans: maal
• Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
• Negerhollands: mal

From Middle Dutch mael, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).

Cognate with compare Old English mæl, Old Norse mál (“ornament (on a sword)”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “writing, scripture”), Welsh melyn (“yellow”), Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”).

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. stain
2. mark, marking

• gedenkmaal

• malen

maal

1. inflection of malen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From Middle Dutch mael, male, from Old Dutch māla, from Proto-Germanic *mēlō (“young cow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melh₁-. Compare Old Irish míl (“animal”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”) , Breton mil (“animal”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ (mall, “livestock”).

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. (obsolete) calf (young cow)

• lama

From maalima (“to paint”).

maal (genitive maali, partitive maali)

1. painting

maal

1. adessive singular of maa

• IPA^(key): /maːl/

maal

1. one

• Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

maál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

maál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

maal

1. dear

maal

1. Alternative form of male (“apple”)

maal n

1. obsolete typography of mål

maal

1. water

• R. Blench, The Rukul language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2006) (mentions this word in notes)

maal

1. water

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 248, →ISBN