малъ

See also: маљ

Avar

Alternative forms

  • мат (mat), малгь (malh), мал (mal), махь' (max̂') – dialectal

Etymology

Akin to Bezhta милъо (milˢo) and Hinukh молъу (moλu), maybe also to Chechen мӏара (mˀara) and Old Armenian մագիլ (magil).

Noun

малъ • (malˢ) (plural малъал)

  1. nail (on fingers)
  2. claw
  3. hoof

References

  • Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*mɦǟƛă (~-ǝ̆)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Saidova, P. A. (1999), “малъ”, in Диалектологический словарь аварского языка [Dialectological dictionary of Avar] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 245b

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Adjective

малъ • (malŭ)

  1. small

Comparison

comparison of малъ (malŭ)
masculine neuter feminine masculine plural
мьнии (mĭnij) мьне (mĭne) мьньши (mĭnĭši) мьньше (mĭnĭše)

References

  • S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Adjective

малъ (malŭ)

  1. small

Descendants

References

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