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Old Church Slavonic
The variant with initial млъ- is more common than the variant with мль-.
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mъldni.
Noun
млънии • (mlŭnii) f
- lightning
- 11th century, Book of Sava, Luke 10:18:
видѣхъ сотонѫ ꙗко млъниѭ съ нб҃е съпадъша- viděxŭ sotonǫ jako mlŭnijǫ sŭ nb::e sŭpadŭša
- I saw Satan as he fell from heaven like lightning.
Declension
Declension of млънии (soft a-stem)
References
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “млънии”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
- Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “млънии”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN