маль
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mal"
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin malleus (“mallet”), whence also Romanian mai, Albanian maj, Serbo-Croatian ма̑љ.
Noun
маль • (malʹ) m (dialectal)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мал mal |
ма́льове máljove |
| definite (subject form) |
ма́лят máljat |
ма́льовете máljovete |
| definite (object form) |
ма́ля málja | |
| count form | — | ма́ля málja |
Alternative forms
- мал (mal) — standardized spelling
Derived terms
- мали́ца (malíca, “maul”) (dialectal)
- малю́га (maljúga, “hammer's head”) (dialectal)
Related terms
- млат (mlat, “thresher, mallet”) (native cognate)
References
- “мал² (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “маль”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 631