omale

omale

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi
Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab
Proto-Slavic *o(b)
Old Polish o
Polish o
Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-der.
Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas
Proto-Slavic *màlъ
Old Polish mały
Polish male
univ.
Polish omale

    Univerbation of o + male.

    Pronunciation

    Particle

    omale

    1. (Kuyavia) meager; little (not much) [with genitive ‘of what’]
      Mléka latoś omale. ― There is not much milk this year.
    particles

    Further reading

    • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “omale”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274
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