molis

See also: moliš

Albanian

Etymology

Probably from lengthened and diathematic e-grade form Proto-Albanian *mel-i-t-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to hesitate; bad, wrong, false”). Compare Greek μόλις (mólis, “with difficulty”), Old Irish mall (“be late”). Alternatively from Proto-Slavic *mъdьliti.

Verb

molis (aorist molisa, participle molisur)

1. to make weak, enfeeble, debilitate

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmo.lis]

Verb

molis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of molar (“to mock”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɔ.lis]

Verb

molis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”)

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

molīs f

1. dative/ablative plural of mola

Etymology 2

Noun

mōlis f

1. genitive singular of mōlēs

References

• molis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lithuanian

Noun

mólis m stress pattern 1

1. clay