malvais

Galician

Verb

malvais

(reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present indicative of malvar

Old French

Alternative forms

malveis, mauvais

Etymology

From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old Occitan malvatz.

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /malˈvai̯s/
(classical) IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈvei̯s/

Adjective

malvais m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malvaise)

bad, evil

Declension

Declension of malvais

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	malvaiss	malvaise	malvais
Singular	Oblique	malvais	malvaise		malvaise	malvais
Plural	Subject	malvais	malvaises		malvais
Plural	Oblique	malvaiss	malvaises		malvaises	malvais

Descendants

Bourguignon: mauvois
Middle French: maulvais
- French: mauvais
Norman: mauvais
Picard: mawais

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95

Old Occitan

Adjective

malvais

Alternative form of malvatz (“bad”)

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