менший

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), whence English minor.

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Adjective

ме́нший • (ménšyj)

  1. comparative degree of мали́й (malýj): smaller, lesser

Declension

Declension of ме́нший (hard)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative ме́нший
ménšyj 		ме́нше, ме́ншеє1
ménše, ménšeje1 		ме́нша, ме́ншая1
ménša, ménšaja1 		ме́нші, ме́ншії1
ménši, ménšiji1
genitive ме́ншого
ménšoho 		ме́ншої
ménšoji 		ме́нших
ménšyx
dative ме́ншому
ménšomu 		ме́ншій
ménšij 		ме́ншим
ménšym
accusative animate ме́ншого
ménšoho 		ме́нше, ме́ншеє1
ménše, ménšeje1 		ме́ншу, ме́ншую1
ménšu, ménšuju1 		ме́нших
ménšyx
inanimate ме́нший
ménšyj 		ме́нші, ме́ншії1
ménši, ménšiji1
instrumental ме́ншим
ménšym 		ме́ншою
ménšoju 		ме́ншими
ménšymy
locative ме́ншому, ме́ншім
ménšomu, ménšim 		ме́ншій
ménšij 		ме́нших
ménšyx
vocative ме́нший
ménšyj 		ме́нше, ме́ншеє1
ménše, ménšeje1 		ме́нша, ме́ншая1
ménša, ménšaja1 		ме́нші, ме́ншії1
ménši, ménšiji1

1Dated or dialectal.

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