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)

1. 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

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mulkku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulk/, [ˈmulˑk]

Noun

mulk

1. hole, opening

Declension

Declension of mulk (94)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	mulk	mūlkõd
genitive (genitīv)	mulk	mūlkõd
partitive (partitīv)	mulkõ	mūlkidi
dative (datīv)	mulkõn	mūlkõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	mulkõks	mūlkõdõks
illative (illatīv)	mulkõ	mūlkiž
inessive (inesīv)	mulksõ	mūlkis
elative (elatīv)	mulkstõ	mūlkist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mulk”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎ (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُلْك (mulk).

Noun

mulk (plural mulklar)

1. property, belongings

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mulke, from Old English meolc, meoluc (“milk”), from Proto-West Germanic *meluk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊlk/

Noun

mulk

1. 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

• mulk-pylès

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