Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
Мал is short for малый, not маленький. Not that it matters though as the two words are very close synonyms if not equivalents Just don't argue here The short adjectives are usually formed buy chopping off the ending - Малый - мал; маленький - маленьк? Doesn't sound right
Isn't "маленький" a diminutive-hypocoristic (уменьшительно-ласкательная) form for "малый"? Suffix <еньк>, you know.

Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
I meant like "adjective - noun" order, didn't express it correctly though. My bad. Or maybe there is something I don't know about this
«"Хороша чертовка" — прохрипел Иван, занюхивая рукавом выпитую рюмку» (not sure - may be comma is needed and this example is irrelevant)