malý

See also: Maly, mály, Malý, mały, Mały, and mạ lỵ

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech malý, from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaliː]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aliː
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lý
  • Homophone: malí

Adjective

malý (comparative menší, superlative nejmenší)

  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

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs

See also

Noun

malý m anim

  1. little boy

Declension

Noun

malý m inan

  1. (card games) Synonym of betl

Declension

Further reading

  • malý in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • malý in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • malý in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • małý (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmaɫɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmaliː/, /ˈmalɛj/

Adjective

malý (short mal, comparative menší, short comparative mení, superlative najmenší, 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

Descendants

  • Czech: malý

References

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaliː]

Adjective

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malý (comparative menší, superlative najmenší)

  1. small
    Antonym: veľký m

Declension

Further reading

  • 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, 2024
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