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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

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Further reading

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Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màlъ.

    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, short superlative najmení)

    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

    Further reading

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

    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