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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мъск”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 430

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