малый

Inherited from Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel-, whence English small.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫɨj]

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ма́лый • (mályj) (comparative (по)ме́ньше, superlative мале́йший or ме́ньший)

1. small, little
2. short
3. (short form only) too small; smaller than necessary

   Э́ти сапоги́ мне малы́.

   Éti sapogí mne malý.

   These boots are too small for me.

• A special short form is found in the expression от ма́ла до вели́ка (ot mála do velíka, “all ages”, literally “from small to big”). Here, ма́ла and вели́ка are old short genitives.
• A special short form is found in the expression ку́ча мала́ (kúča malá, “pile of people, disorderly heap”, literally “small pile”). Here, мала́ is an old short feminine attributive adjective.
• A special short form is found in the expression мал мала́ ме́ньше (mal malá ménʹše, “one (child, object, etc.) smaller than the next”, literally “small smaller”). Here, мал (masculine) and мала́ (feminine) are old short attributive adjectives.

• малёк (maljók)
• малить (malitʹ)
• ма́ло ли (málo li)
• ме́ньший (ménʹšij)
• меньшой (menʹšoj)
• наиме́ньший (naiménʹšij)
• умали́ть (umalítʹ)

ма́лый • (mályj) m anim (genitive ма́лого, nominative plural ма́лые, genitive plural ма́лых)

1. fellow, guy, chap

   Synonyms: па́рень (párenʹ), ю́ноша m (júnoša)