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smal

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See also: smàl, smál, smäl, and smæl

Danish

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Etymology

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From late Old Norse smalr (little), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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smal

  1. narrow, thin
  2. slim, slender

Inflection

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Inflection of smal
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular smal smallere smallest2
indefinite neuter singular smalt smallere smallest2
plural smalle smallere smallest2
definite attributive1 smalle smallere smalleste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch smal, from Old Dutch smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Cognate with English small, German schmal, Old Norse smalr, Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃 (smals).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /smɑl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: smal
  • Homophone: Smal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Adjective

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smal (comparative smaller, superlative smalst)

  1. narrow
  2. small

Declension

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Declension of smal
uninflected smal
inflected smalle
comparative smaller
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial smal smaller het smalst
het smalste
indefinite m./f. sing. smalle smallere smalste
n. sing. smal smaller smalste
plural smalle smallere smalste
definite smalle smallere smalste
partitive smals smallers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: smaal, smal
  • Papiamentu: smal

Anagrams

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Irish

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Verb

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smal (present analytic smalann, future analytic smalfaidh, verbal noun smaladh, past participle smalta)

  1. Ulster form of smol (to blight)

Conjugation

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English smæl, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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smal (plural and weak singular smale, comparative smalre, superlative smalest)

  1. Small, minuscule.
  2. Little, few, scarce.
  3. Ground finely, not coarse.
  4. Of no worth, unimportant.

Descendants

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References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Adjective

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smal (neuter singular smalt, definite singular and plural smale, comparative smalere, indefinite superlative smalest, definite superlative smaleste)

  1. narrow (having a small width)
  2. slim (waist etc.)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Adjective

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smal (neuter singular smalt, definite singular and plural smale, comparative smalare, indefinite superlative smalast, definite superlative smalaste)

  1. narrow (having a small width)
  2. slim (waist etc.)

Derived terms

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References

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *smalaz.

Adjective

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smal

  1. small

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • smal”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz, whence also Old English smæl, Old Norse smalr.

Adjective

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smal

  1. small

Descendants

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Dutch smal.

Adjective

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smal

  1. narrow

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsmal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: smal

Verb

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smal

  1. second-person singular imperative of smalić

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish smal, from Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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smal (comparative smalare, superlative smalast)

  1. not wide, narrow
    Antonym: bred
    att gå den smala vägen
    to walk the narrow road
  2. slim, slender, thin (of a person or body part, fairly neutral in itself)
    Antonyms: tjock, fet

Declension

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Inflection of smal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular smal smalare smalast
neuter singular smalt smalare smalast
plural smala smalare smalast
masculine plural2 smale smalare smalast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 smale smalare smalaste
all smala smalare smalaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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