мълния

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic мльниꙗ (mlĭnija)[1], млъни (mlŭni)[1], мльни (mlĭni)[1], млънии (mlŭnij)[2], мльнии (mlĭnij)[2], ultimately from Proto-Slavic *mъldni. Extended at a later time with the suffix -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɤɫnijə]

Noun

мъ́лния • (mǎ́lnija) f

  1. lightning, thunderbolt
    Synonym: светка́вица (svetkávica)

Declension
Declension of мъ́лния
singular plural
indefinite мъ́лния
mǎ́lnija		 мъ́лнии
mǎ́lnii
definite мъ́лнията
mǎ́lnijata		 мъ́лниите
mǎ́lniite

Derived terms
  • мълниено́сен (mǎlnienósen, “lightning-like, lightning-fast”)

References
  • мълния in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • мълния in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • мльнии in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Notes:

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъldni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 220
  2. Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мълния”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 390
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