mě̀lъ

mě̀lъ; mě̀lъkъ Grammatical information: adj. o Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `small, little'

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Church Slavic:

mělъkъ `small, thin' [adj. o]

Russian:

melyj (dial.) `small, little' [adj. o];

mélkij `small, little' [adj. o]

Czech:

mělý (Kott) `small, little' [adj. o];

mělký `small, shallow' [adj. o]

Polish:

mieɫy (obs.) `small, little' [adj. o];

miaɫki `small, refined [adj. o]

Polabian:

ḿolĕ `small, little' [Nompm o]

Serbo-Croatian:

mȅok `small, shallow' [adj. o]

Indo-European reconstruction: meh₁-lo-

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Comments: See *màlъ.

Other cognates:

Gk. μη̃λον `small cattle, goat, sheep' [n] \{1\};

OIr. míl `(small) `animal';

Go. smals `small, insignificant'

;

OIc. smali `small (live) `stock, sheep'

\{2\}

Notes:

\{1\} The Doric form also has η.