мало

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See also: мяло

Carpathian Rusyn

Adverb

мало (malo)

  1. little, few, some
    Втогды было барз мало.
    Vtohdŷ bŷlo barz malo.
    Then there was very little amount of.
  2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel-.

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Adverb

ма́ло (málo) (comparative (по)ме́ньше or (по)ме́нее)

  1. little, few
    Antonym: мно́го (mnógo)
  2. too little, too few
Derived terms

Predicative

ма́ло (málo)

  1. it is too little, it is insufficient, it is not enough

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

мало́ (maló)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâlo/
  • Hyphenation: ма‧ло

Adverb

ма̏ло (Latin spelling mȁlo) (+ genitive case)

  1. little, few, some
  2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)
  3. barely, hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

ма́ло (málo) (comparative ме́нше or менш, superlative найме́нше or найме́нш)

  1. a little, few, some
    Antonyms: бага́то (baháto), (rare) мно́го (mnóho)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

ма́ло (málo)

  1. neuter singular past imperfective of ма́ти (máty)

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