млънии

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• млъньи (mlŭnĭi)
• мльнии (mlĭnii)
• мльньи (mlĭnĭi)

The variant with initial млъ- is more common than the variant with мль-.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъldni.

Noun

млънии • (mlŭnii) f

1. 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)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	млъни mlŭni	млъни mlŭni	млънѩ mlŭnję
genitive	млънѩ mlŭnję	млъню mlŭnju	млъни mlŭni
dative	млъни mlŭni	млънꙗма mlŭnjama	млънꙗмъ mlŭnjamŭ
accusative	млънѭ mlŭnjǫ	млъни mlŭni	млънѩ mlŭnję
instrumental	млънѥѭ mlŭnjejǫ	млънꙗма mlŭnjama	млънꙗми mlŭnjami
locative	млъни mlŭni	млъню mlŭnju	млънꙗхъ mlŭnjaxŭ
vocative	млънѥ mlŭnje	млъни mlŭni	млънѩ mlŭnję

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