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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

Declension

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Declension of malý (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative malý malá malé
genitive malého malé malého
dative malému malé malému
accusative malého malý malou malé
locative malém malé malém
instrumental malým malou malým
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative malí malé malá
genitive malých
dative malým
accusative malé malá
locative malých
instrumental malými

Derived terms

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See also

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Noun

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malý m anim

  1. little boy

Declension

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Noun

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malý m inan

  1. (card games) Synonym of betl

Declension

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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), 2008–2025

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)

Declension

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Declension of malý (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative malý malá malé
genitive malého malé malého
dative malému maléj malému
accusative malého, malý malú malé
locative malém maléj malém
instrumental malým malú malým
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative malá maléj
genitive malú
dative malýma
accusative malá maléj
locative malú
instrumental malýma
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative malí malé malá
genitive malých
dative malým
accusative malé malá
locative malých
instrumental malými

Descendants

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  • Czech: malý

References

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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malý (comparative menší, superlative najmenší)

  1. small
    Antonym: veľký m

Declension

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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, 2003–2025