mala, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). Brow. 1. (a) Eyebrow. Na ~í a chruinniú, to knit one’s brows. Dhearc sé faoi na ~í orm, he looked at me from under his eyebrows, sombrely, questioningly. D’fhágfainn an mhala ar an tsúil aige, I’d settle his hash for him. S.a. muc 5. (b)Le hallas do mhalaí, by the sweat of one’s brow. 2. (Of hill) Brow; slope, incline. ~ a thógáil, to climb a slope, a hillside. In éadan na ~, against the hill, uphill. Ar mhala shléibhe, on a mountainside. (Níl a fhios agam)ó mhala na glóire, (I don’t know) under heaven.