молния
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- мо́лнія (mólnija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic мълниꙗ (mŭlnija), мълнии (mŭlnii), from Proto-Slavic *mъlnьji[1] or *mьlnьji,[1] from earlier *mъldnьji[1] or *mъldni,[2] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mild-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-n- (“lightning”).
Slavic cognates include Serbo-Croatian муња (munja), Bulgarian мълния (mǎlnija), Polabian måuńa and Kashubian môłniô. Probable cognates outside Slavic include Latvian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”), Old Prussian mealde, Welsh mellt (“lightning”), Old Norse Mjǫllnir (“hammer of Thor”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
мо́лния • (mólnija) f inan (genitive мо́лнии, nominative plural мо́лнии, genitive plural мо́лний)
Declension edit
Declension of мо́лния (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
Related terms edit
- молниено́сный (molnijenósnyj)
Descendants edit
- English: Molniya orbit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молния”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молния”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539