moale

English

Noun

moale (plural moales)

  1. Obsolete form of mole.
    • 1614, Gervase Markham, The Second Booke of the English Husbandman, London: John Browne, Chapter 7, pp. 45-46,
      […] but if you finde that their encrease and continuance multiply with your labour, it shall be then good for you to plant in diuers places of your Garden the hearbe called Palma Christi, in other places Garlicke and in other places Onyons, and it is an assured rule that no Moale will come néere where they grow for the strength and violence of their smell, is poysonous and deadly to those blinde vermines.

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). Compare Aromanian moali.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmo̯a.le/

Adjective

moale m or f or n (plural moi)

  1. soft
  2. weak

Declension
Declension of moale
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite moale moale moi moi
definite moalele moalea moii moile
genitive/
dative 		indefinite moale moi moi moi
definite moalelui moii moilor moilor

Synonyms

Derived terms
Terms related to moale

See also
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