Define:Malafouster

Scots

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Etymologie

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Frae the Latin(ate)/French prefix mal, mala, male an the Irish byleid wird fuster.[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(Whit's this?): /ˈmaləfustər/

malafouster (third-person singular simple present malafousters, present participle malafousterin, simple past an past participle malafoustert)

[1] (transitive) tae kill, tae wrack, tae dae in
His wis in a crash, it malafoustert his motor.

Conjugation

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Conjugation o malafouster
Infinite forms
infinitive (fir tae) malafouster
present participle malafousterin
past participle malafoustert
Finite forms
  simple present narrative present simple past
first-person singular A malafouster, malafousters[N 1] malafousters malafoustert
seicont-person singular ye/you
seicont-person sg. intimate[N 2] du/thoo malafousters
third-person singular he/she/(h)it malafousters
first-person plural we malafouster, malafousters[N 1]
seicont-person plural yese/youse
seicont-person pl. collective[N 3] awyese/awyouse
third-person plural thay malafouster, malafousters[N 1]
  1. a b c Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised.
  2. Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo).
  3. Awyese/awyouse is fur whan ye'r referin tae a hale collective o fowk insteid o multiple fowk individual-like.
    For exemple, askin "Are yese awa?" will gie ye different repones fae different fowk, whaur "Are awyese awa?" will git ye ae repone fae somebody representin 'e hale boorach.

Synonyms

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  • Wrack
  • Mugglise
  • Connach
  • Perish
  • Kill

In ither leids

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  • Scots Gaelic: Mill, Sgrios, Dì-mhill, Dì-làraich
  • Erse: Mill, Scrios, Loit, Cuir ó rath, Díothaigh
  • Inglis: Wreck, Destroy, Demolish, Kill
  • Italian: Distruggere, Eliminare, Cancellare, Uccidere

Soorces

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  1. "MALAFOOSTER". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 13 December 2020.