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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьlkъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

See Proto-Slavic *mьlčati (“to be silent”).

Noun

*mьlkъ m

  1. quietness

Alternative forms
  • *mьlčь f (i-stem)

Declension
Declension of *mьlkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mьlkъ *mьlka *mьlci
genitive *mьlka *mьlku *mьlkъ
dative *mьlku *mьlkoma *mьlkomъ
accusative *mьlkъ *mьlka *mьlky
instrumental *mьlkъmь, *mьlkomь* *mьlkoma *mьlky
locative *mьlcě *mьlku *mьlcěxъ
vocative *mьlče *mьlka *mьlci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *mьlčati (“to be quiet”)
  • *mьlknǫti (“to shut up”)
  • *mьlklъ (“not-talkative”)
  • *mьlkvъ (“furtive”)
  • *mьlkunъ (“furtive, quiet one”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: мо́вком (móvkom) (adverb)
    • Russian: мо́лком (mólkom) (adverb)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: млъкомь (mlŭkomĭ) (adverb)
    • Bulgarian: млък (mlǎk), млъч (mlǎč) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: тихомъ́лком (tihomǎ́lkom) (adverb)
    • Macedonian: молк (molk)
    • Serbo-Croatian::
      Cyrillic script: му̑к
      Latin script: mȗk
    • Slovene: mọ̑łk (tonal orthography)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьlkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 108
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “млък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 173
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “mọ̑lk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
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