меншы
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- mienšy, mienszy — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmʲenʂɨ]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь. Compare Czech menší, Polish mniejszy, Russian ме́ньший (ménʹšij), Ukrainian ме́нший (ménšyj).
Adjective
ме́ншы • (mjénšy)
- comparative degree of малы́ (malý) and мале́нькі (maljénʹki): less, smaller
- Antonym: бо́льшы (bólʹšy)
- Coordinate term: найме́ншы (najmjénšy)
- (with са́мы (sámy)) least, smallest
- Synonym: найме́ншы (najmjénšy)
- younger, smaller
- Synonym: маладзе́йшы (maladzjéjšy)
Declension
Declension of ме́ншы (hard)
| masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ме́ншы mjénšy |
ме́ншае mjénšaje |
ме́ншая mjénšaja |
ме́ншыя mjénšyja | |
| genitive | ме́ншага mjénšaha |
ме́ншай mjénšaj |
ме́ншых mjénšyx | ||
| dative | ме́ншаму mjénšamu |
ме́ншай mjénšaj |
ме́ншым mjénšym | ||
| accusative | animate | ме́ншага mjénšaha |
ме́ншае mjénšaje |
ме́ншую mjénšuju |
ме́ншых mjénšyx |
| inanimate | ме́ншы mjénšy |
ме́ншыя mjénšyja | |||
| instrumental | ме́ншым mjénšym |
ме́ншай, ме́ншаю mjénšaj, mjénšaju |
ме́ншымі mjénšymi | ||
| locative | ме́ншым mjénšym |
ме́ншай mjénšaj |
ме́ншых mjénšyx | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
- меншаві́зм (mjenšavízm)
- меншаві́к (mjenšavík)
- меншаві́цкі (mjenšavícki)
- меншаві́чка (mjenšavíčka)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ме́ншы • (mjénšy)
- second-person singular imperative of ме́ншыць (mjénšycʹ)
References
- “меншы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “меншы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org