менши

Inherited from Old Slovak menší, from Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь. Doublet of менєй (menjej). Cognates include Belarusian ме́ншы (mjénšy), Czech and Slovak menší, Russian ме́ньший (ménʹšij) and Ukrainian ме́нший (ménšyj).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɲʃi]
• Rhymes: -ɛnʃi
• Hyphenation: мен‧ши

менши (menši) (adverb менєй)

1. comparative degree of мали (mali): lesser, smaller, younger

   Antonym: векши (vekši)

   • 2024 October 16, М. Тамаш, “Лєм на цвикли єст заробку [Even in beets there are profits]”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     На польох на хторих є винята, штреднї урожай цвикли добри, руша ше од коло 55 тони по 76 тони по гектару и, як гваря продукователє, єст и поля на хторих урожай менши и на хторих цвикла з часци згнїла.

     Na polʹox na xtorix je vinjata, štrednji urožaj cvikli dobri, ruša še od kolo 55 toni po 76 toni po hektaru i, jak hvarja produkovatelje, jest i polja na xtorix urožaj menši i na xtorix cvikla z časci zhnjila.

     In the fields on which it is harvested, the average yield of beets is good, from around 55 tons to 76 tons per hectare, and, like the producers say, there are also fields on which the yield is smaller and on which the beets have partially rotted.

   • 2024 October 27, Лю. Дудаш, “Сопково ше вшадзи знаходза”, in Руске Слово‎^[2]:

     Случовало ше, док дзеци були менши – гвари Рожа, же сом ше озвала ґу дзецом по руски, вони обрацели на мадярски, а вец так доокола, та скоро и тераз. Углавним, цешиме ше у нїх, а и вони, озда исто тельо, у нас.

     Slučovalo še, dok dzeci buli menši – hvari Roža, že som še ozvala gu dzecom po ruski, voni obraceli na madjarski, a vec tak dookola, ta skoro i teraz. Uhlavnim, cešime še u njix, a i voni, ozda isto telʹo, u nas.

     It happened while the children were younger – Roža says, that I spoke to the children in Rusyn, they switched to Hungarian, and then like so all around, almost even now. For the most part, we take pride in them, and they, too, perhaps likewise, to us.

• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “less”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 165