молния

Russian

Etymology

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. Probable cognates outside Slavic include Lithuanian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”), Old Prussian mealde, Welsh mellt (“lightning”), Old Norse Mjǫllnir (“hammer of Thor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmolnʲɪjə]
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Noun

мо́лния • (mólnija) f inan (genitive мо́лнии, nominative plural мо́лнии, genitive plural мо́лний)

  1. lightning
  2. zipper, zip, zip fastener
  3. express telegram
  4. (slang) cigarette lighter

Declension
Declension of мо́лния (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative мо́лния
mólnija		 мо́лнии
mólnii
genitive мо́лнии
mólnii		 мо́лний
mólnij
dative мо́лнии
mólnii		 мо́лниям
mólnijam
accusative мо́лнию
mólniju		 мо́лнии
mólnii
instrumental мо́лнией, мо́лниею
mólnijej, mólnijeju		 мо́лниями
mólnijami
prepositional мо́лнии
mólnii		 мо́лниях
mólnijax

Descendants

References
  1. Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “молния”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “молния”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 539
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