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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/malъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *smalaz (small), possibly Latin malus (bad).

Adjective

*màlъ (comparative *mьňьjь)[1][2][3]

  1. small, petite (of size)
  2. little, short, brief (of quantity, duration)

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Verbs
  • *malěti
  • *maliti
Agent nouns
  • *malešь
  • *malęga
  • *malękъ
  • *malica
  • *maličь
  • *malikъ
  • *malьcь
  • *malьčikъ
  • *malunъ
  • *malušь
  • *maľakъ
  • *maľukъ
Diminutive nouns
  • *malę
  • *malęčьko
  • *maliťь
  • *malyšь
Abstract nouns
  • *maležь
  • *maliga
  • *malizna
  • *malь
  • *malьstvo
  • *maloňa
  • *malostь
  • *malota
  • *maloxa
  • *malyga
  • *maľava
  • *maľuta
Secondary adjectives
  • *malenъ
  • *malenъkъ
  • *malinъ
  • *malьnъ
  • *malьznъ
  • *malovatъ
  • *malovitъ
  • *malovъ
  • *malъkъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: малы́ (malý)
    • Russian: ма́лый (mályj)
    • Ukrainian: мали́й (malýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: малъ (malŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⰰⰾⱏ (malŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мал (mal) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: мал (mal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ма̑л
      Latin: mȃl
    • Slovene: mȃli (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*màlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300: “adj. o (a) ‘small, little’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), malъ mala malo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 107, 188; PR 133; MP 22)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), mali”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *malъ̏ (določna oblika *málъjь)”

Further reading

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