mulk
See also: mülk
Estonian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈmulʲk/
Noun
mulk (genitive mulgi, partitive mulki)
- a person from Mulgimaa (a traditional region in Southern Estonia, located south of the city of Viljandi)
Declension
| 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 | |
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English mulke, from Old English meolc, meoluc (“milk”), from Proto-West Germanic *meluk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊɫk/
Noun
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
Related terms
- mulke (“to milk”)
References
- 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
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