мьньи

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Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь. First attested in c. 1120‒1140. Cognate with Old East Slavic мьнии (mĭnii), Old Ruthenian меньшїй (menʹšij), Old Church Slavonic мьнии (mĭnii).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: мь‧ньи

Adjective

мьньи (mĭnĭi)[1]

  1. (hapax) comparative degree of малe (male, small): smaller

Declension

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 760

Further reading

  • мьньи”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2024