maldai
Old Prussian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldas, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”), Latin mollis (“soft, weak”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”), Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”) and ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to weaken, destroy”).
Noun
maldai m pl
- young ones
- 1561, Martin Luther, Abel Will & Paul Megott, transl., Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], OCLC 772652753, page 97, line 2:
- Jous Maldai ſeiti pokluſman ſteimans vraiſins / bhe powaidinneiti en ſteſmu ſtan lāuſtīngiſkan
- You Young ones, be obedient to the old / and show humility in doing so
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Adjective
maldai m pl (accusative plural maldans)
- young
- 1561, Martin Luther, Abel Will & Paul Megott, transl., Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], OCLC 772652753, page 85, line 4:
- ſtēimans maldans Warnins
- to the young ravens
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