мала

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Belarusian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ма́ла (mála) (comparative менш or ме́ней, superlative найме́нш or найме́ней)

  1. a little, few, some
    Antonyms: бага́та (baháta), шмат (šmat)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

ма́ла (mála)

  1. feminine/neuter singular past imperfective of мець (mjecʹ)

References

  • мала” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *małaᶰ. Cognates include Bats მალʻაჼ (malˢã) and Ingush мала (mala).

Pronunciation

Verb

мала (malapf (imperfective мийла)

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of мала
Infinitive мала (mala)
Imperative мала (mala)
Present simple молу (molu)
Present perfect мелла (mella)
Recent past мели (meli)
Remote Past мелира (melira)
Past imperfective молура (molura)
Past perfect мелле̄ра (melleera)
Potential future мер (mer)
Compound future мер ду (mer du)

References

Ingush

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Akin to Chechen мила (mila).

Pronoun

мала (mala)

  1. who

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *małaᶰ. Cognates include Bats მალʻაჼ (malˢã) and Chechen мала (mala).

Verb

мала (malapf (imperfective мела)

  1. to drink
Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

Moksha

Adjective

мала (mala)

  1. near, close

Russian

Pronunciation

Adjective

мала́ (malá)

  1. short feminine singular of ма́ленький (málenʹkij)
  2. short feminine singular of ма́лый (mályj)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Verb

ма́ла (mála)

  1. feminine singular past imperfective of ма́ти (máty)