Define:Malafouster

Scots

Etymologie

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

Pronunciation

IPA^{(Whit's this?)}: /ˈmaləfustər/

Verb

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

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	malafouster, malafousters^{[N 1]}
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]}
↑ ^a ^b ^c Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised. ↑ Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo). ↑ 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

Wrack
Mugglise
Connach
Perish
Kill

In ither leids

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

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

[NSR-2] Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised.

[3] Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo).

[4] 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.

[DSL_-_Big1-1] "MALAFOOSTER". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 13 December 2020.

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