mal

mal-

(word root) bad, evilExamples of words with the root mal-: malfunction, malcontent

MAL

abbreviation for (Automotive Engineering) Malaysia (international car registration)

mal-

a combining form meaning “bad,” “wrongful,” “ill,” occurring orig. in loanwords from French (maladroit); on this model, used in the formation of other words (malcontent; malfunction). Compare male-. [< Old French, representing mal adv. (< Latin male badly) and adj. (< Latin malus bad)]

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Malachi.

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MAL

Micro Assembly Language

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(according to some sources, Niskin or Niskinia, “a short man”), a prince of the Drevliane. He is mentioned in the Primary Chronicle under the year 945 as the leader of the Drevliane, who rebelled against the tribute levied by Great Prince Igor of Kiev. After Igor was slain, the Drevliane wanted to marry Mai to Igor’s widow, Princess Ol’ga. After ravaging the land of the Drevliane in 946, Ol’ga’s forces pressed on to Iskorosten’, where Mai was hiding. The city was captured and Prince Mai was executed on Ol’ga’s order.

REFERENCES

Shakhmatov, A. A. Razyskaniia o drevneishikh russkikh letopisnykh svodakh. St. Petersburg, 1908. Pages 340-78.
Shakhmatov, A. A. “Mstislav Liutyi v russkoi poezii.” In Sb. Khar’kovskogo istoriko-filologicheskogo obshchestva, vol. 18, 1909, pp. 82-91.

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(Arabic, “goods,” “property,” “wealth”), a term used during feudal times in Transcaucasia, Middle Asia, Iran, and other Middle East countries to denote the following: (1) property, mainly movable assets (in distinction to mulk ); (2) money; (3) goods; (4) monetary tax, and subsequently any tax, in official documents of the 15th through 19th centuries in Iran, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.

Mal-u-jihat was a land tax (synonymous to Arabic kharaj). In the khanates of Azerbaijan and Armenia during the second half of the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries, it was a land tax in kind, consisting of a portion of the harvest.

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[mal] (Fr. and Sp.) disease.grand mal epilepsy" >grand mal epilepsy.mal de Meleda symmetrical keratosis of the palms and soles associated with a dry, scaly thickening of the wrists and ankles.mal de mer seasickness.petit mal epilepsy" >petit mal epilepsy.

mal

(mahl), A disease or disorder. [Fr. fr. L. malum, an evil]

mal

(mahl) A disease or disorder. [Fr. Sp. fr L. malum, evil]

MAL

Acronym	Definition
MAL➣Malta (Amtrak station code; Malta, MT)
MAL➣My Anime List
MAL➣Malay (language)
MAL➣Malachi
MAL➣Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Zambia)
MAL➣Music in American Life
MAL➣Master of Arts in Leadership (various schools)
MAL➣Master Acronym List
MAL➣Midstage Access Loss
MAL➣Media Access Layer
MAL➣Member-At-Large
MAL➣Marketing Assistance Loan (various organizations)
MAL➣Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (Jamaica)
MAL➣Maintain At Least ... (altitude)
MAL➣Majestic America Line (formerly American West Steamboat Company and Delta Queen Steamboat Company)
MAL➣Maloccluded
MAL➣Maximum Allowable Level (water treatment)
MAL➣Minimum Acceptance Level
MAL➣Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
MAL➣Microfabrication Applications Laboratory
MAL➣Mechanized Allowance List
MAL➣Macro Assembly Language
MAL➣Minimum Analytical Level
MAL➣Medical Academy of Latvia
MAL➣Master Authorization List
MAL➣Military Authority Lire (Libya currency)
MAL➣Materiel Allowance List
MAL➣Mine Actuation Level
MAL➣Microwave-Aided Liposuction
MAL➣Modification Approval Letter (Canada)
MAL➣Master Agreement List
MAL➣Modular Agate Line (Canadian media buying)
MAL➣MicroArchitectural Level
MAL➣Military Assault Laminate
MAL➣Maintenance Access Line