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мал
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Bashkir
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
мал • (mal)
- 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.
- property, possessions
Declension
Derived terms
- сеймал (seymal, “raw material”)
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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)
- small, little (of size, age)
- Мала Азия ― Mala Azija ― Asia Minor
- Мала Гора (in toponyms) ― Mala Gora ― small mountain
- Мала Река (in hydronyms) ― Mala Reka ― small river, brook
- мало и голямо ― malo i goljamo ― encompasing everyone (literally, “small and big”)
- insignificant, minor (of status, eminence)
- мал болярин (historical) ― mal boljarin ― minor nobleman
- Мал Божич (regional) ― Mal Božič ― Boxing Day (literally, “Little Christmas”)
Declension
Derived terms
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)
- 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”)
- малоу́мник (maloúmnik, “retard”) (literally: “small-brainer”)
- малоце́нен (malocénen, “of little value”)
- малочи́слен (maločíslen, “of small number”)
References
- “мал¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “малъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 47
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мал¹ (прил.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 622
- “малъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
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Kazakh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
мал • (mal)
Declension
Derived terms
- малшы (malşy)
Khakas
Etymology
Noun
мал • (mal)
Kyrgyz
Etymology
Noun
Lezgi
Etymology
From Arabic مَال (māl) via a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani mal.
Noun
мал • (mal)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
мал • (mal) (comparative помал, superlative најмал, diminutive малецок or малечок, abstract noun малост)
Declension
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Mongolian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /maɮ/, [maɮ]
Noun
мал • (mal) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠠᠯ (mal)); (regular declension)
Derived terms
Nogai
Etymology
Noun
мал • (mal)
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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
мал • (mal)
Adjective
мал • (mal)
Declension
Declension of мал (short-form-only class b)
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ма̑л (Latin spelling mȃl, definite ма̑лӣ, comparative ма̏њӣ)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “мал”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Shor
Etymology
Noun
мал • (transliteration needed)
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Southern Altai
Etymology
Noun
мал • (mal)
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мал”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Tofa
Etymology
Noun
мал (mal)
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Tundra Nenets
Pronunciation
Noun
мал • (mal°)
- 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
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)
Related terms
- малчын (malçın)
- малдаар (maldaar)
Yakut
Etymology
Noun
мал • (mal)
- thing
- belongings, property
- (by extension) clothing
- Synonym: таҥас (tañas)
See also
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