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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/malę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *malъ +‎ *-ę.

Noun

malę̀ n[1]

  1. little kid, infant, baby

Declension
Declension of *malę (nt-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *malę *malęti *malęta
genitive *malęte *malętu *malętъ
dative *malęti *malętьma *malętьmъ
accusative *malę *malęti *malęta
instrumental *malętьmь *malętьma *malęty
locative *malęte *malętu *malętьxъ
vocative *malę *malęti *malęta

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: малѧ (malę)
      • Old Ruthenian: малѧ́ (maljá)
        • Ukrainian: маля́ (maljá)
          • ⇒ Ukrainian: маля́тко (maljátko)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: máľa (dialectal)

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*malę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 155
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