мало
/[ˈmaɫə] | [mɐˈɫo] | [ˈmaɫə]/
Russianadvadj
Grammatical form
мало is the short neuter singular form of ма́лый and ма́ленький.
мало is the neuter singular form of мал — “too small; smaller than necessary”.
Definitions
- 1.little, few
- 2.too little, too few
Широ́кой э́той сва́дьбе бы́ло ме́ста ма́ло / И не́ба бы́ло ма́ло, и земли́.
Svádʹba — For this wide wedding, there was too little space, / And too little sky, and land.
- 3.it is too little, it is insufficient, it is not enough
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- нима́ло
- наиме́нее
Antonyms
- мно́го
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel-.
Forms
- ма́лоcanonical
- máloromanization
- (по)ме́ньшеcomparative
- (по)ме́нееcomparative