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Ukrainian
Etymology
From мали́й (malýj) + -о- (-o-) + душа́ (dušá) + -ний (-nyj). Compare Russian малоду́шный (malodúšnyj), Belarusian маладу́шны (maladúšny), Polish małoduszny.
Pronunciation
Adjective
малоду́шний • (malodúšnyj) (adverb малоду́шно, abstract noun малоду́шність)
- faint-hearted, cowardly, craven
- Synonyms: боягу́зливий (bojahúzlyvyj), боязки́й (bojazkýj), боязли́вий (bojazlývyj), легкоду́хий (lehkodúxyj), лякли́вий (ljaklývyj), слабкоду́хий (slabkodúxyj)
- Antonyms: хоро́брий (xoróbryj), відва́жний (vidvážnyj), сміли́вий (smilývyj), безстра́шний (bezstrášnyj), му́жній (múžnij)
Declension
Declension of малоду́шний (hard)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “малодушний”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “малодушний”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “малодушний”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “малодушний”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “малодушний”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)