"меньший" meaning in Russian

See меньший in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈmʲenʲʂɨj] Audio: Ru-меньший.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), whence English minor. Etymology templates: {{root|ru|ine-pro|*mey-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*mьňьjь|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*mьňьjь}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь, {{der|ru|ine-pro|*mey-||small, little}} Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”) Head templates: {{ru-adj|ме́ньший}} ме́ньший • (ménʹšij) Inflection templates: {{ru-decl-adj|ме́ньший}} Forms: ме́ньший [canonical], ménʹšij [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ме́ньший [masculine, nominative], ме́ньшее [neuter, nominative], ме́ньшая [feminine, nominative], ме́ньшие [nominative, plural], ме́ньшего [genitive, masculine, neuter], ме́ньшей [feminine, genitive], ме́ньших [genitive, plural], ме́ньшему [dative, masculine, neuter], ме́ньшей [dative, feminine], ме́ньшим [dative, plural], ме́ньшего [accusative, animate, masculine], ме́ньшее [accusative, neuter], ме́ньшую [accusative, feminine], ме́ньших [accusative, animate, plural], ме́ньший [accusative, inanimate, masculine], ме́ньшие [accusative, inanimate, plural], ме́ньшим [instrumental, masculine, neuter], ме́ньшей [feminine, instrumental], ме́ньшею [feminine, instrumental], ме́ньшими [instrumental, plural], ме́ньшем [masculine, neuter, prepositional], ме́ньшей [feminine, prepositional], ме́ньших [plural, prepositional]
  1. comparative degree of ма́лый (mályj), comparative degree of ма́ленький (málenʹkij): smaller, lesser, smallest, least Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: ма́лый (extra: (mályj), comparative degree of ма́ленький (málenʹkij): smaller, lesser, smallest, least) Related terms: меньшинство́ (menʹšinstvó), уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) [imperfective], уме́ньшить (uménʹšitʹ) [perfective], уменьша́ться (umenʹšátʹsja) [imperfective], уме́ньшиться (uménʹšitʹsja) [perfective], ме́нее (méneje)
    Sense id: en-меньший-ru-adj--~65aSTK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header
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        "Russian comparative adjectives",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian sibilant-stem stem-stressed adjectives",
        "Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey-",
        "Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "at least",
          "roman": "po ménʹšej mére",
          "text": "по ме́ньшей ме́ре",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(mályj), comparative degree of ма́ленький (málenʹkij): smaller, lesser, smallest, least",
          "word": "ма́лый"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of ма́лый (mályj), comparative degree of ма́ленький (málenʹkij): smaller, lesser, smallest, least"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ма́лый",
          "малый#Russian"
        ],
        [
          "ма́ленький",
          "маленький#Russian"
        ],
        [
          "smaller",
          "smaller"
        ],
        [
          "lesser",
          "lesser"
        ],
        [
          "smallest",
          "smallest"
        ],
        [
          "least",
          "least"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʲenʲʂɨj]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-меньший.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Ru-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9.ogg/Ru-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Ru-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "меньший"
}

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