Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьlkъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

See Proto-Slavic *mьlčati (“to be silent”).

Noun

*mьlkъ m

quietness

Alternative forms

*mьlčь f (i-stem)

Declension

Declension of *mьlkъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mьlkъ	*mьlka	*mьlci
genitive	*mьlka	*mьlku	*mьlkъ
dative	*mьlku	*mьlkoma	*mьlkomъ
accusative	*mьlkъ	*mьlka	*mьlky
instrumental	mьlkъmь, mьlkomь^*	*mьlkoma	*mьlky
locative	*mьlcě	*mьlku	*mьlcěxъ
vocative	*mьlče	*mьlka	*mьlci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*mьlčati (“to be quiet”)
*mьlknǫti (“to shut up”)
*mьlklъ (“not-talkative”)
*mьlkvъ (“furtive”)
*mьlkunъ (“furtive, quiet one”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: мо́вком (móvkom) (adverb)
- Russian: мо́лком (mólkom) (adverb)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: млъкомь (mlŭkomĭ) (adverb)
- Bulgarian: млък (mlǎk), млъч (mlǎč) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: тихомъ́лком (tihomǎ́lkom) (adverb)
- Macedonian: молк (molk)
- Serbo-Croatian::
  Cyrillic script: му̑к
  
  Latin script: mȗk
- Slovene: mọ̑łk (tonal orthography)