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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic мълниꙗ (mŭlnija), мълнии (mŭlnii), from Proto-Slavic *mъlnьji or *mьlnьji, from earlier *mъldnьji or *mъldni, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mild-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-n- (“lightning”).
Slavic cognates include Serbo-Croatian муња (munja), Bulgarian мълния (mǎlnija), Polabian måuńa and Kashubian môłniô. Probable cognates outside Slavic include Latvian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”), Old Prussian mealde, Welsh mellt (“lightning”), Old Norse Mjǫllnir (“hammer of Thor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
мо́лния • (mólnija) f inan (genitive мо́лнии, nominative plural мо́лнии, genitive plural мо́лний)
- lightning
- zipper, zip, zip fastener
- express telegram
- (slang) cigarette lighter
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References
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молния”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молния”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539