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мал

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Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑɫ/
  • Hyphenation: мал (one syllable)
  • Мал:(file)

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock, cattle
    Һуғым мал.
    Huğım mal.
    Cattle for slaughter.
    Тамғалы мал юғалмай.
    Tamğalı mal yuğalmay.
    Branded cattle won't get lost.
    Былтыр йәй тимер юлында күп мал тапалған икән.
    Bıltır yəy timer yulında küp mal tapalğan ikən.
    (It appears that) Last year's summer, a lot of cattle got knocked down (to death or serious injury) at the railway.
    Тап шундай берәҙәк эттәр ваҡ мал һәм ҡош-ҡорт өсөн генә түгел, кеше өсөн дә хәүефле.
    Tap şunday berəźək ettər vaq mal həm qoş-qort ösön genə tügel, keşe ösön də xəwefle.
    It is stray dogs of this kind that are dangerous not only to small cattle and poultry, but also to humans.
  2. property, possessions

Declension

More information singular only, absolute ...

Derived terms

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

мал (mal) (adverb ма́ле or ма́ло) (rare, obsolescent)

  1. small, little (of size, age)
    Мала АзияMala AzijaAsia Minor
    Мала Гора (in toponyms)Mala Gorasmall mountain
    Мала Река (in hydronyms)Mala Rekasmall river, brook
    мало и голямоmalo i goljamoencompasing everyone (literally, “small and big”)
  2. insignificant, minor (of status, eminence)
    мал болярин (historical)mal boljarinminor nobleman
    Мал Божич (regional)Mal BožičBoxing Day (literally, “Little Christmas”)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information singular, plural ...
More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

verbs
nouns
  • (diminutive) ма́лек (málek)
  • (agent noun) ма́ленка f (málenka)
  • (agent noun) ма́ленко m (málenko)
  • (diminutive) ма́лечко (málečko)
  • (collective) малци́на (malcína)
  • (diminutive) ма́лчо (málčo)
  • (diminutive) ма́льо (máljo)
proper nouns
  • Мале́й m (Maléj)
  • Малу́да f (Malúda)
adjectives
  • мало- (malo-) (in compounds)
    • малобро́ен (malobróen, of little quantity)
    • малова́жен (malovážen, of little importance)
    • малове́рен (malovéren, of little credibility)
    • малоду́шен (malodúšen, faint-hearted, of little spirit)
    • малоимо́тен (maloimóten, with little property)
    • малокали́брен (malokalíbren, of small caliber)
    • малоле́тен (maloléten, juvenile, under age) (literally: “little-aged”)
    • маломе́рен (maloméren, of small size, measure)
    • маломо́щен (malomóšten, of little power)
    • малосна́жен (malosnážen, having insignificant stature)
    • малотра́ен (malotráen, of little duration)
    • малоу́мен (maloúmen, with small brain)
    • малоце́нен (malocénen, of little value)
    • малочи́слен (maločíslen, of small number)

References

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Kazakh

More information Arabic, Cyrillic ...

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property
  3. capital
  4. stock

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Khakas

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal) (Arabic spelling مال)

  1. property
  2. capital
  3. shock

Lezgi

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl) via a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani mal.

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. animals, livestock, cattle

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

мал (mal) (comparative помал, superlative најмал, diminutive малецок or малечок, abstract noun малост)

  1. little, small
  2. short
  3. trifling, petty
  4. younger (of a sibling or cousin)

Declension

More information positive, masculine ...
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Mongolian

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property) via a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠠᠯ (mal)); (regular declension)

  1. livestock, cattle

Derived terms

Nogai

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

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Russian

Pronunciation

Adjective

мал (mal)

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

Adjective

мал (mal)

  1. too small; smaller than necessary
    Э́ти сапоги́ мне малы́.
    Éti sapogí mne malý.
    These boots are too small for me.

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ма̑л (Latin spelling mȃl, definite ма̑лӣ, comparative ма̏њӣ)

  1. small

Declension

More information singular, masculine ...
More information singular, masculine ...
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More information singular, masculine ...

Further reading

  • мал”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Shor

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (transliteration needed)

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Southern Altai

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мал”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tofa

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

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Tundra Nenets

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal°)

  1. end
    Сидя еся мынгг малдиˮ халэв нялха.
    Syidya yesya mingg° maldyiq xalew° nyalxa.
    The ends of the two iron arrows were like seagull’s beaks.

Declension

More information singular, dual ...

Derived terms

  • Я мал (Ya mal°)

Tuvan

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَال (māl, property), possibly through back-formation from малчын (malçın, herder), a Mongolic borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal) (definite accusative малды, plural малдар)

  1. cattle, livestock
  • малчын (malçın)
  • малдаар (maldaar)

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَال (māl).

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. thing
  2. belongings, property
  3. (by extension) clothing
    Synonym: таҥас (tañas)

See also

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