"malva" meaning in Latin

See malva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈmaɫ.wa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmal.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown, but likely a substrate word related to Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”) and Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”). Compare also Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{cog|he|מַלּוּחַ|t=saltbush|tr=mallū́aḥ}} Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”), {{cog|grc|μαλάχη|t=mallow}} Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”), {{cog|axm|բաղբակ}} Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak), {{cog|ka|ბალბა|t=mallow}} Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”) Head templates: {{la-noun|malva<1>}} malva f (genitive malvae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|malva<1>}} Forms: malvae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], malva [nominative, singular], malvae [nominative, plural], malvae [genitive, singular], malvārum [genitive, plural], malvae [dative, singular], malvīs [dative, plural], malvam [accusative, singular], malvās [accusative, plural], malvā [ablative, singular], malvīs [ablative, plural], malva [singular, vocative], malvae [plural, vocative]
  1. mallow Tags: declension-1, feminine Derived forms: malvāceus

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "nalbã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "malve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Dutch",
              "lang_code": "nl",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "mauve"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "mauve"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Greek",
              "lang_code": "el",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "mov",
              "word": "μοβ"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Romanian",
              "lang_code": "ro",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "mov"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "mauve"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "mauve"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "mauve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "nalbă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "narba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "mafra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "marma"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "marva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "màliva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Translingual",
      "lang_code": "mul",
      "word": "Malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "nalba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*malw"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "malwa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*malwā"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "malʹva",
      "word": "мальва"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "מַלּוּחַ",
        "t": "saltbush",
        "tr": "mallū́aḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μαλάχη",
        "t": "mallow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "axm",
        "2": "բաղբակ"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ka",
        "2": "ბალბა",
        "t": "mallow"
      },
      "expansion": "Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown, but likely a substrate word related to Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”) and Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”). Compare also Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "malva<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "malva f (genitive malvae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "malva<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mallow family plants",
          "orig": "la:Mallow family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "malvāceus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mallow"
      ],
      "id": "en-malva-la-noun-s68tIDMi",
      "links": [
        [
          "mallow",
          "mallow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaɫ.wa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmal.va]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malva"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "malvāceus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "nalbã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "malve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Dutch",
              "lang_code": "nl",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "mauve"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "mauve"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Greek",
              "lang_code": "el",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "mov",
              "word": "μοβ"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Romanian",
              "lang_code": "ro",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "mov"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "mauve"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "mauve"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "mauve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "nalbă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "narba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "mafra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "marma"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "marva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "màliva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Translingual",
      "lang_code": "mul",
      "word": "Malva"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "nalba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*malw"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "malwa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*malwā"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "malʹva",
      "word": "мальва"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "מַלּוּחַ",
        "t": "saltbush",
        "tr": "mallū́aḥ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μαλάχη",
        "t": "mallow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "axm",
        "2": "բաղբակ"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ka",
        "2": "ბალბა",
        "t": "mallow"
      },
      "expansion": "Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown, but likely a substrate word related to Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”) and Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”). Compare also Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "malva<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "malva f (genitive malvae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "malva<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Mallow family plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mallow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mallow",
          "mallow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaɫ.wa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmal.va]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malva"
}

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