мъск

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *mъskъ, probably of Paleo-Balkan descent, akin to Albanian mushk (mule), Aromanian mușcă (mule), Latin mūlus (mule) (<*muslos), Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós, stallion). Further origin is unclear. Meyer hypothesizes a possible relation to the ethnonym of the ancient people Mysoi and/or Muški.

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Noun[edit]

мъск (mǎskm (feminine мъска́)

  1. (historical) mule (hybrid between a male donkey and a female horse)
    Synonym: муле́ (mulé)

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References[edit]

  • мъск”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъск”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 430