מילא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
⁧מ־ל־א⁩ (m-l-ʾ)

From the root ⁧מ־ל־א⁩ (m-l-ʾ), forming words relating to fullness or completeness. Compare with ⁧מָלֵא⁩ (malé, “full”).

Verb

⁧מילא / מִלֵּא⁩ • (milé) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart ⁧מולא / מֻלָּא⁩)

  1. (transitive) To fill (something) up, to make (something) full.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ⁧וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כָּל־טוּב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִלֵּאתָ⁩
      uvatím m'le'ím kol tuv asher lo milléta
      and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill
    • ⁧יוני כלוך, עמוק בתוך הים⁩
      ⁧גלים גלים, יעלו על הגגות והבתים, יְמַלְּאוּ את הרחוב נהר גדול, וזה הכל⁩
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Unknown. Originates from ⁧מִמֵּילָא⁩ (mímeilá, “by/of itself”), a Talmudic hapax legomenon.

Interjection

⁧מֵילָא⁩ • (meilá)

  1. (colloquial) oh well, whatever
Derived terms
  • ⁧בְּמֵילָא⁩ (b'meilá)

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew ⁧מֵילָא⁩ (meilá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛɪ̯ɫə/

Interjection

⁧מילא⁩ • (meyle)

  1. whatever
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