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

Derived terms
  • мъни (mǎni), мъний (mǎnij) (old comparative stem)

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
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