mulk
See also: mülk
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Latvian muļķis, muļķe (“idiot, fool”). Originally, the word only existed in the Mulgi dialect, with the meaning of "fool", but later spread to other dialects and became an exonym.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mulk (genitive mulgi, partitive mulki)
- a person from Mulgimaa (a traditional region in Southern Estonia, located south of the city of Viljandi)
Declension edit
| Declension of mulk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mulk | mulgid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | mulgi | ||
| genitive | mulkide | ||
| partitive | mulki | mulke mulkisid | |
| illative | mulki mulgisse |
mulkidesse mulgesse | |
| inessive | mulgis | mulkides mulges | |
| elative | mulgist | mulkidest mulgest | |
| allative | mulgile | mulkidele mulgele | |
| adessive | mulgil | mulkidel mulgel | |
| ablative | mulgilt | mulkidelt mulgelt | |
| translative | mulgiks | mulkideks mulgeks | |
| terminative | mulgini | mulkideni | |
| essive | mulgina | mulkidena | |
| abessive | mulgita | mulkideta | |
| comitative | mulgiga | mulkidega | |
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mulk (plural mulklar)
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English mulke, from Old English meolc, meoluc (“milk”), from Proto-West Germanic *meluk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mulk
- milk
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:
- To our pleoughès an mulk-pylès till a neeshte holy die.
- To our ploughs and our milk-pails till the next holiday.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- mulke (“to milk”)
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96