malý

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See also: Maly, mály, Malý, mały, Mały, and mạ lỵ

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech malý, from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

malý (comparative menší, superlative nejmenší, adverb male)

  1. small
    Synonym: nevelký
    Antonym: velký
  2. (music) minor (the smaller of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number)
    malá tercie ― a minor third

Declension

Declension of malý (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative malý malá malé
genitive malého malé malého
dative malému malé malému
accusative malého malý malou malé
locative malém malé malém
instrumental malým malou malým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative malí malé malá
genitive malých
dative malým
accusative malé malá
locative malých
instrumental malými

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs

See also

Noun

malý m anim

  1. little boy

Declension

Declension of malý (hard masculine animate adjectival)
singular plural
nominative malý malí
genitive malého malých
dative malému malým
accusative malého malé
vocative malý malí
locative malém malých
instrumental malým malými

Noun

malý m inan

  1. (card games) Synonym of betl

Declension

Declension of malý (hard masculine inanimate adjectival)
singular plural
nominative malý malé
genitive malého malých
dative malému malým
accusative malý malé
vocative malý malé
locative malém malých
instrumental malým malými

Further reading

  • “malý”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “malý”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “malý”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmaɫɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmaliː/, /ˈmalɛj/

Adjective

malý (short mal, comparative menší, short comparative mení, superlative najmenší, short superlative najmení)

  1. (of a physical size) small, little (not big)
    menšie čiest ― minority
  2. small, short (not lasting a long time)
  3. few, not numerous
  4. (of a mass noun) having a small amount
  5. (of a number) small (not big)
  6. (of a child) small, young
  7. (of an age) early
  8. (of a deed or person) small, insignificant, unimportant, ordinary, simple
  9. (of a person) less noble, lower ranked
  10. (of someone's will, the wind, etc.) weak, sluggish (not intense, not vigorous)
  11. (sometimes of money or amounts) insufficient, bad, mere, measly (of little value, quality)

Declension

Declension of malý (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative malý malá malé
genitive malého malé malého
dative malému maléj malému
accusative malého, malý malú malé
locative malém maléj malém
instrumental malým malú malým
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative malá maléj
genitive malú
dative malýma
accusative malá maléj
locative malú
instrumental malýma
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative malí malé malá
genitive malých
dative malým
accusative malé malá
locative malých
instrumental malými

Descendants

  • Czech: malý

References

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

malý (comparative menší, superlative najmenší)

  1. small
    Antonym: veľký m

Declension

Declension of malý (hard-long)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative malý malá malé
genitive malého malej malého
dative malému malej malému
accusative malého malý malú malé
locative malom malej malom
instrumental malým malou malým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative malí malé
genitive malých
dative malým
accusative malých malé
locative malých
instrumental malými

Further reading

  • “malý”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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