Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/malę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *màlъ +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*màlę n^[1]

little kid, infant, baby

Declension

Declension of *malę (nt-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*malę	*malęti	*malęta
genitive	*malęte	*malętu	*malętъ
dative	*malęti	*malętьma	*malętьmъ
accusative	*malę	*malęti	*malęta
instrumental	*malętьmь	*malętьma	*malęty
locative	*malęte	*malętu	*malętьxъ
vocative	*malę	*malęti	*malęta

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: малѧ (malę)
  - Old Ruthenian: малѧ́ (maljá)
    - Ukrainian: маля́ (maljá)
      - ⇒ Ukrainian: маля́тко (maljátko)
West Slavic:
- Czech: máľa (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*malę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 155