мъничък

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • ми́чкo (míčko) dialectal, contracted
  • му́личко (múličko) influenced by малечък (malečǎk)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьnь + -ичък (-ičǎk), the old comparative stem of малък (malǎk, small).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɤnit͡ʃɐk]

Adjective

мъ́ничък • (mǎ́ničǎk)

  1. quite small, miniature
    Synonym: малечък (malečǎk)

Declension

  • мъни (mǎni, too small)
  • мъник (mǎnik, midget)

References

  • мъничък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мъничък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъничък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 402
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