Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmnɔ.ɡi/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɡi
  • Syllabification: mno‧gi

Adjective

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mnogi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. numerous
  2. plural

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Further reading

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  • mnogi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mnogi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mnogi”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ. Cognate with English many.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mnôɡiː/
  • Hyphenation: mno‧gi

Adjective

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mnȍgī (Cyrillic spelling мно̏гӣ)

  1. (in the plural) many
    mnogi ljudimany people, a lot of people
    mnogi Bosancimany Bosnians, a lot of Bosnians
    mnogi od nasmany of us
  2. (in the singular) many a
    mnogi čov(j)ekmany a man
    mnogi će Amerikanacmany an American will
  3. much, long, longlasting (of action)
    posl(ij)e mnogog čitanja — after much reading
  4. large, numerous
    mnoga vojska — a large army

Declension

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