мъск

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъskъ, probably of Paleo-Balkan descent, akin to Albanian mushk (“mule”), Aromanian mușcă (“mule”), Latin mūlus (“mule”) (<*muslos), Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós, “stallion”). Further origin is unclear. Meyer hypothesizes a possible relation to the ethnonym of the ancient people Mysoi and/or Muški.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɤsk]

Noun

мъск • (mǎsk) m (feminine мъска́)

(historical) mule (hybrid between a male donkey and a female horse)
Synonym: муле́ (mulé)

Declension

Declension of мъск

	singular	plural
indefinite	мъск mǎsk	мъскове́ mǎskové
definite (subject form)	мъскъ́т mǎskǎ́t	мъскове́те mǎskovéte
definite (object form)	мъска́ mǎská	мъскове́те mǎskovéte
count form	—	мъ́ска mǎ́ska

Coordinate terms

кон (kon, “horse”), коби́ла (kobíla, “mare”)
осе́л (osél, “jack”), осли́ца (oslíca, “jenny”)
мага́ре (magáre, “donkey”)

References

“мъск”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъск”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 430

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