מילא

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Hebrew

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
Root
מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ)

From the root מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ), forming words relating to fullness or completeness. Compare with מָלֵא (malé, full).

Verb

[edit]

מילא / מִלֵּא (milé) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart מולא / מֻלָּא)

  1. (transitive) To fill (something) up, to make (something) full.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כָּל־טוּב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִלֵּאתָ
      uvatím m'le'ím kol tuv asher lo milléta
      and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill
    • יוני כלוך, עמוק בתוך הים
      גלים גלים, יעלו על הגגות והבתים, יְמַלְּאוּ את הרחוב נהר גדול, וזה הכל
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Unknown. Originates from מִמֵּילָא (mímeilá, by/of itself), a Talmudic hapax legomenon.

Interjection

[edit]

מֵילָא (meilá)

  1. (colloquial) oh well, whatever
Derived terms
[edit]

Yiddish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Hebrew מֵילָא (meilá).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Interjection

[edit]

מילא (meyle)

  1. whatever