мал

See also: маљ, мял, мәл, -мал, and Appendix:Variations of "mal"

Bashkir

Мал

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑɫ/
  • Hyphenation: мал (one syllable)
  • (file)

Noun

мал • (mal)

  1. 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.
  2. property, possessions

Declension

Derived terms

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɫ]

Adjective

мал • (mal) (adverb ма́ле or ма́ло) (dialectal)

  1. small, little (of size, age)
    Мала АзияMala AzijaAsia Minor
    мало и голямоmalo i goljamoencompasing everyone (literally, “small and big”)
  2. insignificant, minor (of status, eminence)
    мал болярин (historical)mal boljarinminor nobleman
    Мал Божич (regional)Mal BožičBoxing Day (literally, “Little Christmas”)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ма́лък (málǎk) extended with suffix -ък (-ǎk), standard
  • ма́лен (málen) extended with suffix -ен (-en), dialectal
  • ма́лов (málov) extended with suffix -ов (-ov), dialectal

Derived terms

  • 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)
    • малотра́ен (malotráen, of little duration)
    • малоу́мен (maloúmen, with small brain)
    • малоце́нен (malocénen, of little value)
    • малочи́слен (maločíslen, of small number)
  • мале́я (maléja) (stative verb)
  • ма́льо (máljo), ма́лек (málek, small fry) (dialectal, diminutives)
  • ма́ленко m (málenko), ма́ленка f (málenka) (diminutives, usually as nicknames)

References

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic مال
Cyrillic мал
Latin mal

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑl/

Noun

мал • (mal) (nominative plural малдар)

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property
  3. capital
  4. stock

Declension

Derived terms

Khakas

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал • (mal)

  1. livestock

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал • (mal) (Arabic spelling مال)

  1. property
  2. capital
  3. shock

Lezgi

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl) via a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani mal.

Noun

мал • (mal)

  1. animals, livestock, cattle

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɫ]
  • (file)

Adjective

мал • (mal) (comparative помал, superlative најмал, diminutive малецок or малечок, abstract noun малост)

  1. little, small
  2. short
  3. trifling, petty
  4. younger (of a sibling or cousin)

Declension

Mongolian

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property) via a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

Noun

мал • (mal) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠠᠯ (mal)); (regular declension)

  1. livestock, cattle

Derived terms

Nogai

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал • (mal)

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɫ]
  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Predicative

мал • (mal)

  1. (you are) too small, (you are) too little (for this)

Adjective

мал • (mal)

  1. short masculine singular of ма́лый (mályj)
  2. short masculine singular of ма́ленький (málenʹkij)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâːl/

Adjective

ма̑л (definite ма̑лӣ, comparative ма̏њӣ, Latin spelling mȃl)

  1. small

Declension

Further reading

  • мал” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Shor

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал • (transliteration needed)

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Southern Altai

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал • (mal)

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мал”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tofa

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

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Tuvan

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَال (māl, property), possibly through back-formation from малчын (malçın, herder), a Mongolic borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɫ/

Noun

мал • (mal) (definite accusative малды, plural малдар)

  1. cattle, livestock
  • малчын (malçın)
  • малдаар (maldaar)

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَال (māl).

Noun

мал • (mal)

  1. thing
  2. belongings, property
  3. (by extension) clothing
    Synonym: таҥас (tañas)

See also

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