мало

Carpathian Rusyn

Adverb

мало • (malo)

1. little, few, some

   Втогды было барз мало.

   Vtohdŷ bŷlo barz malo.

   Then there was very little amount of.

2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel-.

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Adverb

ма́ло • (málo) (comparative (по)ме́ньше or (по)ме́нее)

1. little, few

   Antonym: мно́го (mnógo)

2. too little, too few
   • 1971, “Сва́дьба [Svádʹba]”, Robert Rozhdestvensky (lyrics), Arno Babajanian (music)‎performed by Muslim Magomayev:

     Широ́кой э́той сва́дьбе бы́ло ме́ста ма́ло / И не́ба бы́ло ма́ло, и земли́.

     Širókoj étoj svádʹbe býlo mésta málo / I néba býlo málo, i zemlí.

     For this wide wedding, there was too little space, / And too little sky, and land.

Derived terms

• наиме́нее (naiméneje)

Predicative

ма́ло • (málo)

1. it is too little, it is insufficient, it is not enough

Etymology 2

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Adjective

мало́ • (maló)

1. short neuter singular of ма́лый (mályj)
2. short neuter singular of ма́ленький (málenʹkij)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâlo/
• Hyphenation: ма‧ло

Adverb

ма̏ло (Latin spelling mȁlo) (+ genitive case)

1. little, few, some
2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)
3. barely, hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

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

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Adverb

ма́ло • (málo) (comparative ме́нше or менш, superlative найме́нше or найме́нш)

1. a little, few, some

   Antonyms: бага́то (baháto), (rare) мно́го (mnóho)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

ма́ло • (málo)

1. neuter singular past imperfective of ма́ти (máty)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мало”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “мало”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “мало”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)