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Ukrainian
Etymology
Univerbation of за (za) + ма́ло (málo).
Pronunciation
Adverb
зама́ло • (zamálo)
- too little
Predicative
зама́ло • (zamálo)
- (with genitive case when used as a quantifier) (it is, there is/are) too little, not enough, insufficient
- Synonyms: зана́дто ма́ло (zanádto málo), недоста́тньо (nedostátnʹo)
- (followed by не) almost
- Synonym: ле́две не (lédve ne)
1986, Vasyl Shevchuk, Терновий світ [World of Thorns], page 86:За всі свої замало не сорок сім він ще ніколи не виступав, немов актор, при публіці, не уявляв, що саме слід читати.- Za vsi svoji zamalo ne sorok sim vin šče nikoly ne vystupav, nemov aktor, pry publici, ne ujavljav, ščo same slid čytaty.
- In all his almost forty-seven , he had never performed like an actor in front of an audience, and had no idea what exactly should be read.
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “замало”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “замало”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “замало”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “замало”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “замало”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “замало”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)