mal-

Etymology
From from the  adverb, from.

Prefix

 * 1) bad, badly
 * 2) evil
 * 3) unhealthy, harmful
 * 4) unpleasant
 * 5) incorrect
 * 6) incomplete, unfinished
 * 7) poorly, deficiently
 * 8) unintentional, mistaken, accidental
 * 9) not
 * 1) incomplete, unfinished
 * 2) poorly, deficiently
 * 3) unintentional, mistaken, accidental
 * 4) not
 * 1) poorly, deficiently
 * 2) unintentional, mistaken, accidental
 * 3) not
 * 1) unintentional, mistaken, accidental
 * 2) not
 * 1) not
 * 1) not

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) poorly, badly

Etymology
Borrowed from in its secondary sense of denoting the opposite.

Usage notes

 * Speakers of languages where words similar to mal- have meanings related to badness or evil should remember that mal- indicates solely the antonym, with no pejorative value. Affixes with pejorative connotations include, , and.
 * Despite the availability of mal-, many words denoting opposites are available; for example and, or  and . Some of these are poetic or rare, but others have passed into more or less common use. Mal- may and often is still used to produce the opposite, though in certain cases it might have a slightly different connotation; e.g.  vs..
 * When it is necessary to distinguish between the contrary of a sense and the absence of it, the latter may be indicated with or . For example,  contrasts with neamiko "non-friend" (e.g. a stranger or acquaintance).

Etymology
, from, from.

Prefix

 * 1) badly; wrongly

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) bad; badly

Preposition

 * 1)  used before vowels or  consonants.

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) bad; badly

Etymology
.

Prefix

 * 1) bad; badly
 * 2) poorly
 * 3) barely, hardly

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) bad; badly