малък

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *malъkъ, a doublet of Proto-Slavic *malъ. Morphologically analysable as from dialectal мал (mal, “small”) +‎ -ък (-ǎk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫɐk]

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Adjective

ма́лък • (málǎk) (diminutive ма́лечък, adverb ма́лко)

1. small, little
2. young, little (of age)
3. short (of time)

Declension

Positive forms of ма́лък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	ма́лък málǎk	ма́лка málka	ма́лко málko	ма́лки málki
definite (subject form)	ма́лкият málkijat	ма́лката málkata	ма́лкото málkoto	ма́лките málkite
definite (object form)	ма́лкия málkija
extended (vocative form)	ма́лки, ма́лкий1 málki, málkij1

¹Archaic.

Comparative forms of ма́лък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ма́лък pó-málǎk	по́-ма́лка pó-málka	по́-ма́лко pó-málko	по́-ма́лки pó-málki
definite (subject form)	по́-ма́лкият pó-málkijat	по́-ма́лката pó-málkata	по́-ма́лкото pó-málkoto	по́-ма́лките pó-málkite
definite (object form)	по́-ма́лкия pó-málkija
extended (vocative form)	по́-ма́лки, по́-ма́лкий1 pó-málki, pó-málkij1

¹Archaic.

Superlative forms of ма́лък

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ма́лък náj-málǎk	на́й-ма́лка náj-málka	на́й-ма́лко náj-málko	на́й-ма́лки náj-málki
definite (subject form)	на́й-ма́лкият náj-málkijat	на́й-ма́лката náj-málkata	на́й-ма́лкото náj-málkoto	на́й-ма́лките náj-málkite
definite (object form)	на́й-ма́лкия náj-málkija
extended (vocative form)	на́й-ма́лки, на́й-ма́лкий1 náj-málki, náj-málkij1

¹Archaic.

Alternative forms

• мал (mal), ма́лен (málen) — dialectal

Derived terms

• мъни (mǎni), мъний (mǎnij) (old comparative stem)
  • мъни́к (mǎník, “midget”)
  • мъни́чък (mǎníčǎk, “tiny, minuscule”)

Noun

ма́лък • (málǎk) m

1. child, youngster

Declension

Declension of ма́лък

	singular	plural
indefinite	ма́лък málǎk	ма́лци málci
definite (subject form)	м́алкият ḿalkijat	ма́лците málcite
definite (object form)	м́алкия ḿalkija
vocative form	ма́лък, ма́лъкия málǎk, málǎkija	ма́лци málci

References

• “малък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “малък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010