maz
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech maz, from Proto-Slavic *mazь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmas]
Declension
Latvian
Adverb
maz
- little; adverbial form of mazs
- (with noun in genitive) little, a little, few, a few; adverbial form of mazs (small indeterminate quantity or amount)
- maz mitruma ― little moisture, a little moisture
- maz darba ― little work, a little work
- maz draugu ― few friends, a few friends
- maz ābolu ― few apples, a few apples
- (used as a noun) little, not much
- maz tika pateikts ― little, not much was said
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mati. Cognate with Old English mete, Old Norse matr.
Descendants
- Middle High German: maz
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maźas, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵʰ-, *moǵʰ- (“big, small”). Compare Lithuanian mãžas, Latvian mazs, Old Prussian massais ([mazais], “smaller”).[1][2]
Adjective
maz
References
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 76: “maz ’mažas, l. mały’ 129.”
- “mãžas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. maz adj.(?), adv.(?) ‘klein’”.
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ma˧˩/
- Tone numbers: ma2
- Hyphenation: maz
Etymology 1
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Derived terms
Etymology 3
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Etymology 4
From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Thai มา (maa), Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).