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malý

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

Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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 terciea minor third

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Noun

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malý m anim

  1. little boy

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Noun

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malý m inan

  1. (card games) Synonym of betl

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (of a physical size) small, little (not big)
    menšie čiestminority
  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)

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Descendants

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  • Czech: malý

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

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Adjective

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malý (comparative menší, superlative najmenší)

  1. small
    Antonym: veľký m

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Further reading

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  • 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, 2003–2024