мало-помалу

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Russian

Etymology

From мало (malo) +‎ по (po) +‎ ма́лу (málu), an old short dative singular of ма́лый (mályj).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ма́ло-пома́лу (málo-pomálu)

  1. bit by bit, little by little (small amount at a time)
    • 1911, Леонид Сабанеев [Leonid Sabaneyev], “Судак”, in Жизнь и ловля пресноводных рыб; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      На ни́жней Во́лге ловцы́, по свиде́тельству Я́ковлева, отлича́ют ходово́го — морско́го судака́ — от речно́го по цве́ту: пе́рвый всегда́ не́сколько светле́е, но, пробы́вши не́которое вре́мя в реке́, ма́ло-пома́лу принима́ет тёмный цвет.
      Na nížnej Vólge lovcý, po svidételʹstvu Jákovleva, otličájut xodovóvo — morskóvo sudaká — ot rečnóvo po cvétu: pérvyj vsegdá néskolʹko svetléje, no, probývši nékotoroje vrémja v reké, málo-pomálu prinimájet tjómnyj cvet.
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