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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