smal

See also: smàl, smál, smäl, and smæl

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse smalr (“little”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smal/, [smalˀ]

Adjective

smal

  1. narrow, thin
  2. slim, slender

Inflection
Inflection of smal
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular smal smallere smallest2
Neuter singular smalt smallere smallest2
Plural smalle smallere smallest2
Definite attributive1 smalle smallere smalleste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smal, from Old Dutch smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Cognate with English small, German schmal, Old Norse smalr, Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃 (smals).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smɑl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: smal
  • Homophone: Smal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Adjective

smal (comparative smaller, superlative smalst)

  1. narrow

Inflection
Inflection of smal
uninflected smal
inflected smalle
comparative smaller
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial smalsmallerhet smalst
het smalste
indefinite m./f. sing. smallesmalleresmalste
n. sing. smalsmallersmalste
plural smallesmalleresmalste
definite smallesmalleresmalste
partitive smalssmallers—

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: smaal, smal
  • → Papiamentu: smal

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English smæl, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smal/, /smaːl/

Adjective

smal (plural and weak singular smale, comparative smalre, superlative smalest)

  1. Small, minuscule.
  2. Little, few, scarce.
  3. Ground finely, not coarse.
  4. Of no worth, unimportant.

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Adjective

smal (neuter singular smalt, definite singular and plural smale, comparative smalere, indefinite superlative smalest, definite superlative smaleste)

  1. narrow (having a small width)
  2. slim (waist etc.)

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Adjective

smal (neuter singular smalt, definite singular and plural smale, comparative smalare, indefinite superlative smalast, definite superlative smalaste)

  1. narrow (having a small width)
  2. slim (waist etc.)

Derived terms

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smalaz.

Adjective

smal

  1. small

Descendants

Further reading
  • “smal”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz, whence also Old English smæl, Old Norse smalr.

Adjective

smal

  1. small

Descendants

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch smal.

Adjective

smal

  1. narrow

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: smal

Verb

smal

  1. second-person singular imperative of smalić

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish smal, from Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

smal (comparative smalare, superlative smalast)

  1. not wide, narrow
    att gå den smala vägen
    to walk the narrow road
    Antonym: bred
  2. slim, slender, thin (of a person or body part, fairly neutral in itself)
    Antonyms: tjock, fet

Declension
Inflection of smal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular smal smalare smalast
Neuter singular smalt smalare smalast
Plural smala smalare smalast
Masculine plural3 smale smalare smalast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 smale smalare smalaste
All smala smalare smalaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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