[ˈmaːʒɐs]
KilmėFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *maźas, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”), with an inverted semantic shift from "big" > "small". Cognates include Latvian mazs.
- little, small
- diminutivediminutive
Formosmãžas(canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-4) · mažà(feminine) · mãža(neuter) · mãža(neuter, positive) · mãžas(masculine, nominative, singular) · maži̇̀(masculine, nominative, plural, positive) · mažà(feminine, nominative, positive, singular) · mãžos(feminine, nominative, plural, positive) · mãžo(genitive, masculine, singular) · mažų̃(genitive, masculine, plural, positive) · mažõs(feminine, genitive, positive, singular) · mažų̃(feminine, genitive, plural, positive) · mažám(dative, masculine, singular) · maži̇́ems(dative, masculine, plural, positive) · mãžai(dative, feminine, positive, singular) · mažóms(dative, feminine, plural, positive) · mãžą(accusative, masculine, singular) · mažùs(accusative, masculine, plural, positive) · mãžą(accusative, feminine, positive, singular) · mažàs(accusative, feminine, plural, positive)