múka

See also: muka, mũka, mūka, and mūkā

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǭka (“flour”). Akin to regional Serbo-Croatian му́ка/múka (“meal”), Slovene móka, Russian мука́ (muká). Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), German and Old High German mengen (“to mix”).

Noun

múka f (genitive singular múky, nominative plural múky, genitive plural múk, declension pattern of žena)

1. flour

Declension

Declension of múka

	singular	plural
nominative	múka	múky
genitive	múky	múk
dative	múke	múkam
accusative	múku	múky
locative	múke	múkach
instrumental	múkou	múkami

Derived terms

• múčnik m
• múkový, múčny
• múčka

Further reading

• “múka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024