малы

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maˈɫɨ]
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Adjective

малы́ • (malý) (comparative ме́ншы, superlative найме́ншы, adverb ма́ло)

  1. little, small
    Synonym: мале́нькі (maljénʹki)
    Antonym: вялі́кі (vjalíki)

Declension

References

  • малы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐˈɫɨ]

Adjective

малы́ • (malý)

  1. short plural of ма́лый (mályj) and ма́ленький (málenʹkij)
  2. short plural of мал (mal, too small)

Udmurt

Alternative forms

  • марлы (marly)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mäˈlɯ̈]
  • Rhymes: -ɯ̈
  • Hyphenation: ма‧лы

Etymology 1

From ма (ma) +‎ -лы (-ly). Compare Komi-Zyrian мыйла (myjla).

Adverb

малы • (maly)

  1. (interrogative) why, what for, for what
    малы со кулэ?maly so kule?why is this necesarry?
Derived terms
adverbs
  • малы ке (maly ke)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

малы • (maly)

  1. dative singular of ма (ma)

References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “малы”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 422
  • T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 46
  • R. S. Nasibullin; V. G. Semenov (2013), “почему”, in Системно-Тематический Русско-Удмуртский Словарь [Systematic-Thematic Russian-Udmurt Dictionary], Izhevsk: Ассоциация «Научная книга», page 260
  • Yrjö Wichmann; Toivo Emil Uotila (1987), “ma”, in Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 153