Description:

The term 'malaz' means night' or the time when the sun is down. It has an apparent connection to the word 'amal', 'west', but both words are form Old Common and there is no known etymology that connects them. It is generally used as a noun.

As a modifier, 'malazys' means 'nightly' or 'every night'. It is also an idiom for ignorant, stupid or dumb. Calling a daily news blog a 'malazys' blog is a way of referring to its frequency and its quality at the same time. This meaning arose during the middle and early modern periods. It has made the frequency meaning somewhat pejorative, so to avoid it people will sometimes say 'awcel naz nalaz' instead of 'malazys'.