мала

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mala" and мяла

Belarusian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫa]

Adverb

ма́ла • (mála) (comparative менш or ме́ней, superlative найме́нш or найме́ней)

1. a little, few, some

   Antonyms: бага́та (baháta), шмат (šmat)

Derived terms

• зама́ла (zamála)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫa]

Verb

ма́ла • (mála)

1. feminine/neuter singular past imperfective of мець (mjecʹ)

References

• “мала” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *małaᶰ. Cognates include Bats მალʻაჼ (malˢã) and Ingush мала (mala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalã/

Verb

мала • (mala) pf (imperfective мийла)

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of мала

infinitive	imperative
мала (mala)	мала (mala)
present simple	present perfect
молу (molu)	мелла (mella)
recent past witnessed	remote past witnessed
мели (meli)	мелира (melira)
past imperfect	past perfect
молура (molura)	мелле̄ра (melleera)
potential future	compound future
мер (mer)	мер ду (mer du)
participle	adverbial participle
молург (molurg)	молуш (moluš)

References

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “мала”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 160a

Ingush

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmala/

Etymology 1

Akin to Chechen мила (mila).

Pronoun

мала • (mala)

1. who

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “мала”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 111b

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *małaᶰ. Cognates include Bats მალʻაჼ (malˢã) and Chechen мала (mala).

Verb

мала • (mala) pf (imperfective мела)

1. to drink

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “мала”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 112a

Moksha

Adjective

мала • (mala)

1. near, close

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈɫa]

Adjective

мала́ • (malá)

1. short feminine singular of ма́лый (mályj) and ма́ленький (málenʹkij)
2. feminine singular of мал (mal, “too small”)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫɐ]

Verb

ма́ла • (mála)

1. feminine singular past imperfective of ма́ти (máty)