Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

мъ́лния (mǎ́lnijaf

  1. lightning, thunderbolt
    Synonym: светка́вица (svetkávica)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • мълния”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мълния”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • мльнии in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Notes:

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъldni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 220
  2. 2.0 2.1 Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мълния”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 390