"менший" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Ukrainian]

IPA: [ˈmɛnʃei̯] Audio: Uk-менший.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), whence English minor. Etymology templates: {{root|uk|ine-pro|*mey-}}, {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*mьňьjь}} Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, {{der|uk|ine-pro|*mey-||small, little}} Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”) Head templates: {{head|uk|comparative adjective|head=ме́нший}} ме́нший • (ménšyj) Inflection templates: {{uk-adecl|ме́нший<old>}} Forms: ме́нший [canonical], ménšyj [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ме́нший [masculine, nominative, singular], ме́нше [neuter, nominative, singular], ме́ншеє [dated, dialectal, neuter, nominative, singular], ме́нша [feminine, nominative, singular], ме́ншая [dated, dialectal, feminine, nominative, singular], ме́нші [nominative, plural], ме́ншії [dated, dialectal, nominative, plural], ме́ншого [genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], ме́ншої [feminine, genitive, singular], ме́нших [genitive, plural], ме́ншому [dative, masculine, neuter, singular], ме́ншій [dative, feminine, singular], ме́ншим [dative, plural], ме́ншого [accusative, animate, masculine, singular], ме́нше [accusative, neuter, singular], ме́ншеє [accusative, dated, dialectal, neuter, singular], ме́ншу [accusative, feminine, singular], ме́ншую [accusative, dated, dialectal, feminine, singular], ме́нших [accusative, animate, plural], ме́нший [accusative, inanimate, masculine, singular], ме́нші [accusative, inanimate, plural], ме́ншії [accusative, dated, dialectal, inanimate, plural], ме́ншим [instrumental, masculine, neuter, singular], ме́ншою [feminine, instrumental, singular], ме́ншими [instrumental, plural], ме́ншому [locative, masculine, neuter, singular], ме́ншім [locative, masculine, neuter, singular], ме́ншій [feminine, locative, singular], ме́нших [locative, plural], ме́нший [masculine, singular, vocative], ме́нше [neuter, singular, vocative], ме́ншеє [dated, dialectal, neuter, singular, vocative], ме́нша [feminine, singular, vocative], ме́ншая [dated, dialectal, feminine, singular, vocative], ме́нші [plural, vocative], ме́ншії [dated, dialectal, plural, vocative]
  1. comparative degree of мали́й (malýj): smaller, lesser Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: мали́й (extra: (malýj): smaller, lesser)
    Sense id: en-менший-uk-adj-Tzw1VQPz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bílʹšyj",
      "word": "бі́льший"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*mьňьjь"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mey-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "small, little"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), whence English minor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ме́нший",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménšyj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нший",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншеє",
      "roman": "ménšeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нша",
      "roman": "ménša",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншая",
      "roman": "ménšaja",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нші",
      "roman": "ménši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншії",
      "roman": "ménšiji",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншого",
      "roman": "ménšoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншої",
      "roman": "ménšoji",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нших",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншому",
      "roman": "ménšomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншій",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншим",
      "roman": "ménšym",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншого",
      "roman": "ménšoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншеє",
      "roman": "ménšeje",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншу",
      "roman": "ménšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншую",
      "roman": "ménšuju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нших",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нший",
      "roman": "ménšyj",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нші",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "inanimate",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "dialectal",
        "inanimate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншим",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншою",
      "roman": "ménšoju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншими",
      "roman": "ménšymy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншому",
      "roman": "ménšomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншім",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нший",
      "roman": "ménšyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нше",
      "roman": "ménše",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншеє",
      "roman": "ménšeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нша",
      "roman": "ménša",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншая",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нші",
      "roman": "ménši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншії",
      "roman": "ménšiji",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "uk",
        "2": "comparative adjective",
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      },
      "expansion": "ме́нший • (ménšyj)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ме́нший<old>"
      },
      "name": "uk-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(malýj): smaller, lesser",
          "word": "мали́й"
        }
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        "comparative degree of мали́й (malýj): smaller, lesser"
      ],
      "id": "en-менший-uk-adj-Tzw1VQPz",
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        [
          "мали́й",
          "малий#Ukrainian"
        ],
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          "smaller"
        ],
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          "lesser"
        ]
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        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnʃei̯]"
    },
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}
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    }
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "ме́ншого",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ме́ншої",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншій",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншим",
      "roman": "ménšym",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншого",
      "roman": "ménšoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нше",
      "roman": "ménše",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншеє",
      "roman": "ménšeje",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ме́ншу",
      "roman": "ménšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншую",
      "roman": "ménšuju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нших",
      "roman": "ménšyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "animate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нший",
      "roman": "ménšyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нші",
      "roman": "ménši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "inanimate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншії",
      "roman": "ménšiji",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "inanimate",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "ме́ншим",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншою",
      "roman": "ménšoju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншими",
      "roman": "ménšymy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншому",
      "roman": "ménšomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншім",
      "roman": "ménšim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншій",
      "roman": "ménšij",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нших",
      "roman": "ménšyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нший",
      "roman": "ménšyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нше",
      "roman": "ménše",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншеє",
      "roman": "ménšeje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нша",
      "roman": "ménša",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншая",
      "roman": "ménšaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́нші",
      "roman": "ménši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ншії",
      "roman": "ménšiji",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "comparative adjective",
        "head": "ме́нший"
      },
      "expansion": "ме́нший • (ménšyj)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ме́нший<old>"
      },
      "name": "uk-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Ukrainian comparative adjectives",
        "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ukrainian hard-stem stem-stressed adjectives",
        "Ukrainian non-lemma forms",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey-",
        "Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
        "Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(malýj): smaller, lesser",
          "word": "мали́й"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of мали́й (malýj): smaller, lesser"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "мали́й",
          "малий#Ukrainian"
        ],
        [
          "smaller",
          "smaller"
        ],
        [
          "lesser",
          "lesser"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnʃei̯]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Uk-менший.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/Uk-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9.ogg/Uk-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Uk-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "менший"
}

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