malva
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the genus name, or in some Spanish or Portuguese contexts, from the Spanish or Portuguese word.
Noun[edit]
malva (plural malvas)
- Any plant of the genus Malva, a mallow.
- 1989, Country Life, page 235:
- Another malva to note is M. moschata Alba, the white form of our native musk mallow.
- 2000, Rosalind Creasy, Edible Mexican Garden, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
- How to prepare: Cook the malvas the same way as amaranth and most other greens in Mexico are prepared[,] that is, briefly cooked with tomatoes or tomatillos and onions ...
- 2004, Frances Manos, Midwest Cottage Gardening, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 79:
- If your hollyhocks are attacked by rust, and if hibiscus flowers are too tropical looking and gaudy for your taste, investigate another branch of the mallow family — the malvas. [...] This spring I started seeds of another malva named M. sylvestris 'Mauritiana', and every seed came up.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “malva”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈmal.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈmal.və]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmal.va]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Noun[edit]
malva f (plural malves)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “malva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “malva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “malva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “malva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
malva (accusative singular malvan, plural malvaj, accusative plural malvajn)
Related terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva
Declension[edit]
Inflection of malva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | malva | malvat | ||
genitive | malvan | malvojen | ||
partitive | malvaa | malvoja | ||
illative | malvaan | malvoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | malva | malvat | ||
accusative | nom. | malva | malvat | |
gen. | malvan | |||
genitive | malvan | malvojen malvain rare | ||
partitive | malvaa | malvoja | ||
inessive | malvassa | malvoissa | ||
elative | malvasta | malvoista | ||
illative | malvaan | malvoihin | ||
adessive | malvalla | malvoilla | ||
ablative | malvalta | malvoilta | ||
allative | malvalle | malvoille | ||
essive | malvana | malvoina | ||
translative | malvaksi | malvoiksi | ||
abessive | malvatta | malvoitta | ||
instructive | — | malvoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “malva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva f (plural malvas)
- mallow (any plant of the family Malvaceae)
References[edit]
- “malva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “malva” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “malva” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
malva
- inflection of malvar:
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin malva, of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva f (plural malve)
- mallow (plant)
Noun[edit]
malva m (invariable)
Adjective[edit]
malva (invariable)
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, but likely a substrate word related to Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē). Compare also Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmal.u̯a/, [ˈmäɫ̪u̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmal.va/, [ˈmälvä]
Noun[edit]
malva f (genitive malvae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | malva | malvae |
Genitive | malvae | malvārum |
Dative | malvae | malvīs |
Accusative | malvam | malvās |
Ablative | malvā | malvīs |
Vocative | malva | malvae |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: nalbã
- Catalan: malva
- Friulian: malve
- Galician: malva
- Italian: malva
- Occitan: malva
- Old French: mauve
- Polish: malwa
- Portuguese: malva
- Romanian: nalbă
- Sardinian: narba, mafra, marma
- Sicilian: marva, màliva
- Spanish: malva
- Translingual: Malva
- Venetian: nalba
- → Proto-West Germanic: *malwā (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: мальва (malʹva)
References[edit]
- “malva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “malva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- malva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “malva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva f (plural malvas)
Dialectal variants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin malva, of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva f (plural malvas)
- mallow (any plant of the family Malvaceae)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin malva, of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva f (plural malvas)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
malva m or f (masculine and feminine plural malvas)
- mauve (color)
Further reading[edit]
- “malva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
malva c
Derived terms[edit]
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Mallow subfamily plants
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Purples
- ca:Malvales order plants
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/alva
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- eo:Colors
- eo:Purples
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlʋɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlʋɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Flowers
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- Galician non-lemma forms
- Galician verb forms
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Semitic languages
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/alva
- Rhymes:Italian/alva/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- Latin terms with unknown etymologies
- Latin terms derived from substrate languages
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Mallow family plants
- Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan terms with audio links
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan feminine nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Semitic languages
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/alvɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/alvɐ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/awvɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/awvɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Semitic languages
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/alba
- Rhymes:Spanish/alba/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives
- es:Colors
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns