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Polish
Etymology
A word known only in northern Poland, most likely borrowed from Pomeranian, compare Kashubian môłniô, môłniszcze, Slovincian môùnjo, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *mъldni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛw.ɲa/
- Rhymes: -ɛwɲa
- Syllabification: meł‧nia
Noun
mełnia f
- (dialectal) lightning
- Synonyms: błyskawica, (archaic) błyskaniec
- mełnia chlaszcze ― lightning flashes
Declension
References
- Jan Karłowicz (1903) “mełnia”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 138