млака

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *molka, cognate with Serbo-Croatian мла̏ка (“puddle”), Old East Slavic молокита (molokita, “marsh”). Probably further related to Czech mlkvý (“raw”).

According to some scholars, possibly akin to Proto-Slavic *melko (“milk”) (whence native мля́ко (mljáko)).

• IPA^(key): [mɫɐˈka] (Eastern, Central dialects)
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɫakɐ] (Western dialects)

мла́ка or млака́ • (mláka or mlaká) f (relational adjective мла́чав) (dialectal)

1. marsh, slough, mire

   Synonyms: мочу́р (močúr), треса́вище (tresávište)

2. backwater, puddle, pool (water that gathers temporarily in lowlands and valleys after heavy rain)

• млак (mlak, “lukewarm”) (dialectal, probably unrelated)

• “млака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “млака́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 72
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “млака”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 159

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɫaka]
• Hyphenation: мла‧ка
• Rhymes: -aka

млака • (mlaka)

1. indefinite feminine singular of млак (mlak)