малявка

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maľavъka (compare with Belarusian маляўка (maljaŭka), Polish dialectal malawka, Ukrainian малявка (maljavka)), from *maljava +‎ *-ъka whence Russian dialectal маля́ва (maljáva, “fry”) (also, compare with Czech malavý, Macedonian малав (malav), Serbo-Croatian malava), further from *malъ (“small; little”) +‎ *-ava, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈlʲafkə]

Noun

маля́вка • (maljávka) f anim (genitive маля́вки, nominative plural маля́вки, genitive plural маля́вок)

2. (colloquial) whitebait

   Synonym: малёк (maljók)

3. (colloquial) little one (a young child); shorty, shrimp (a short person)

Declension

Declension of маля́вка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	маля́вка maljávka	маля́вки maljávki
genitive	маля́вки maljávki	маля́вок maljávok
dative	маля́вке maljávke	маля́вкам maljávkam
accusative	маля́вку maljávku	маля́вок maljávok
instrumental	маля́вкой, маля́вкою maljávkoj, maljávkoju	маля́вками maljávkami
prepositional	маля́вке maljávke	маля́вках maljávkax

Derived terms

• маля́вочка (maljávočka)

Related terms

• ма́лый (mályj)

References

• Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “малявка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 45
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mal’avъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 165