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Entry

1  mahay

Root

2  hay

Part of speech

3  active verb or adjective

Explanations in Malagasy

4  [1.1] Nianatra ka mahafantatra tsara ny momba azy: Mahay marika ny zanako Mahalala: Mahay zavatra betsaka io Rangahy io Afaka mahavita: Tsy mahay ny ratsy Andriamanitra Mahatanty, mahalefitra: Tsy mahay mihafy ny tanora afaka mifampiraharaha, mifankahazo amy..,: Tsy mahay an' io Ramatoa io aho Afaka hifehy: Mahay ny ankohonany tsara Rabe.

Explanations in English

5  [1.2] able, clever, competent. It governs the accusative, and it is joined to verbs in the same way as the English can, denoting ability to do a thing. to know, to be able 6  [1.7] able, clever

Explanations in French

7  [1.3, 1.13] savoir 8  [1.3#205] capable, compétent connaître; pouvoir, pouvoir faire, être capable, être compétent, fréquenter, savoir gouverner, savoir conduire 9  [1.8] savoir faire, être capable

Examples

10  Mato-tsaina ka mahay mitondra olona ny teraka alahamady; [1.381#] 11  Tsy manana fiadiana sady tsy tia ady no tsy mahay miady. [2.508#]

Morphology

12  Present : mahay 13  Past : nahay 14  Future : hahay 15  Imperative : mahaiza

Compound words

16  aza ny ateran-kira indray no milaza tsy mahay 17  mahay be 18  mahay lala 19  mahay manana 20  mahay manavia manavanana 21  mahay mandray olona 22  mahay mitondra tena 23  mahay olona 24  mahay rano     25  mahay roa 26  mahay taratasy 27  mahay vava 28  mahay zavamaneno 29  mahay zavatra 30  mailala 31  manao sotrobe lava tango mahay atsy mahay aroa 32  mpanampy mahay roa 33  olo-mahay     34  tsy mahay abidy 35  tsy mahay am-bavany 36  tsy mahay foto-tsarika 37  tsy mahay miaina 38  tsy mahay olakolaka 39  varotra mahay mody

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Updated on 2025/01/21