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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malę. By surface analysis, мали́й (malýj, “small”) +‎ -я́ (-já).

Pronunciation

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Noun

маля́ • (maljá) n pers (genitive маля́ти, nominative plural маля́та, genitive plural маля́т, diminutive маля́тко)

infant, baby
Synonyms: маленя́ (malenjá), ля́ля (ljálja), ля́лька (ljálʹka), дитинча́ (dytynčá), дитиня́ (dytynjá), дити́нка (dytýnka), дитя́тко (dytjátko), немовля́ (nemovljá), малю́к (maljúk), кри́хітка (krýxitka), кри́хта (krýxta)

Declension

Declension of *маля́*
(pers t-stem neut-form accent-b)
	singular	plural
nominative	маля́ maljá	маля́та maljáta
genitive	маля́ти maljáty	маля́т malját
dative	маля́ті maljáti	маля́там maljátam
accusative	маля́ maljá	маля́т malját
instrumental	маля́м maljám	маля́тами maljátamy
locative	маля́ті maljáti	маля́тах maljátax
vocative	маля́ maljá	маля́та maljáta

Noun

маля́ • (maljá) n animal (genitive маля́ти, nominative plural маля́та, genitive plural маля́т, diminutive маля́тко)

infant animal, baby animal

Declension

Declension of *маля́*
(animal t-stem neut-form accent-b)
	singular	plural
nominative	маля́ maljá	маля́та maljáta
genitive	маля́ти maljáty	маля́т malját
dative	маля́ті maljáti	маля́там maljátam
accusative	маля́ maljá	маля́та, маля́т maljáta, malját
instrumental	маля́м maljám	маля́тами maljátamy
locative	маля́ті maljáti	маля́тах maljátax
vocative	маля́ maljá	маля́та maljáta

References

Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “маля́”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “маля”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “маля”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

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