mleko

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See also: Mleko, mléko, and mlékò

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melko. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mlʲɛːkɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mlʲekɔ/

Noun

mleko n

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young)
    • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , page 118:
      Lsadlo se yako mleco sercze gych (coagulatum est sicut lac cor eorum)
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie, Krakow, page gl. 41a:
      Gdis mv gego gloua byla gest scøta, tedy vøcz s gego czala slo gest mleko y voda lactis vnda de suo corpore exiuit
    • 1461-1467, Sermones. Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty pochodzące z rkpsu Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. 230 (dawna sygn. 1421/108 Mns) z roku 1461-1467, page 314v:
      Mleko kv pyczv nauky lac ad potum erudicionis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Polish: mleko
  • Silesian: mlyko

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mleko.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛkɔ
  • Syllabification: mle‧ko
  • Homophone: Mleko

Noun

mleko n (diminutive mleczko, related adjective mlekowy)

  1. (uncountable) milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female cows to nourish their young)
  2. (countable) milk (portion, typically a glass, of such a liquid)
  3. (uncountable) milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young)
    Synonym: pokarm
  4. (uncountable) milk (white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans)
  5. (uncountable, by extension) white and cloudy liquid that is a suspension of a solid in water
  6. (uncountable, colloquial) thick fog
  7. (Middle Polish, uncountable) gruel (thin, watery porridge)
    Synonym: kleik

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mlěːko/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mle‧ko

Noun

mléko n (Cyrillic spelling мле́ко)

  1. (uncountable) milk
    Synonym: varènika

Declension

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melkò.

Pronunciation

Noun

mlẹ́ko n (relational adjective mlẹ́čen, diminutive (obsolete) mlẹ̄kce or (childish) mlẹ̑kec)

  1. milk (white liquid secreted by female mammals for a certain time after birth as food for their young)
    • 2005, Franci Petek, Spremembe rabe tal v slovenskem alpskem svetu, Založba ZRC, →ISBN, page 74:
      Na tolminskih, kobariških pa tudi na preživelih bovških planinah sta se proizvodnja mleka in sirarstvo dokaj dobro ohranila.
      Milk production and cheese making have been fairly well preserved on the Tolmin and Kobarid mountain ranges, as well as on the surviving Bovec mountain ranges.

Declension

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. mlẹ́ko
gen. sing. mlẹ́ka
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik
mlẹ́ko
genitive
rodȋlnik
mlẹ́ka
dative
dajȃlnik
mlẹ́ku, mlẹ́ki
accusative
tožȋlnik
mlẹ́ko
locative
mẹ̑stnik
mlẹ́ku, mlẹ́ki
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
mlẹ́kom
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
mlẹ́ko


Further reading

  • mleko”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • mleko”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references