mjólk

See also: mjölk, mjǫlk, and mjølk

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mjœl̥k], Suðuroy: IPA^(key): [mjʏl̥k]

Noun

mjólk f (genitive singular mjólkar, uncountable)

1. milk

Declension

Declension of mjólk (singular only)
f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjólk	mjólkin
accusative	mjólk	mjólkina
dative	mjólk	mjólkini
genitive	mjólkar	mjólkarinnar

Note the lack of i-mutation in the genitive (from *melukiz ). Although the form would suggest a mutated **mýlkur, -jó- is not the original vowel (from *-eu-, as in tjóð ), but a product of a double vowel change, first fracture: meluk- > mjǫlk, and then lengthening: o/ǫ > ó before lk. Also, the ability of the -iz to effect an i-mutation on the first vowel is reduced by the intermediate -u-.

Derived terms

• mjólkardropi
• mjólkarsjokuláta
• mjólkarsýra
• kokusmjólk
• knívur mátti ikki fara í mjólk - bert skeið ella spónur og krúss - a knife may never go in milk - only scoop, spoon and mug

See also

• ostur
• smør
• kjøt
• ull

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjoul̥k/

  Rhymes: -oul̥k

Noun

mjólk f (genitive singular mjólkur, no plural)

1. milk
2. any liquid resembling milk, as the liquid within a coconut (e.g. kókosmjólk), the juice or sap of certain plants (e.g. fíflamjólk), or various pharmaceutical preparations
3. (rare) milt from a fish

Declension

declension of mjólk

f-s3	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjólk	mjólkin
accusative	mjólk	mjólkina
dative	mjólk	mjólkinni
genitive	mjólkur	mjólkurinnar

Note the lack of i-mutation in the genitive (from *melukiz ). Although the form would suggest a mutated **mýlkur, -jó- is not the original vowel (from *-eu-, as in þjóð ), but a product of a double vowel change, first fracture: meluk- > mjǫlk, and then lengthening: o/ǫ > ó before lk. Also, the ability of the -iz to effect an i-mutation on the first vowel is reduced by the intermediate -u-.

Derived terms

• brjóstamjólk
• fíflamjólk
• geitamjólk
• kaplamjólk
• konumjólk
• kókosmjólk
• kúamjólk
• léttmjólk
• mjólka
• mjólki
• mjólkun
• mjólkur
• mjólkurafurð
• mjólkurafurðir
• mjólkurblaðra
• mjólkurbrúsi
• mjólkurbíll
• mjólkurbörkur
• mjólkurbú
• mjólkurbúð
• mjólkurduft
• mjólkurdæla
• mjólkurdúða
• mjólkureftirlit
• mjólkureining
• mjólkurfeiti
• mjólkurferna
• mjólkurfita
• mjólkurframleiðandi
• mjólkurfræði
• mjólkurfélag
• mjólkurhvíta
• mjólkurhyrna
• mjólkuriðnaður
• mjólkurjurt
• mjólkurkýr
• mjólkurlamb
• mjólkurlitur
• mjólkurmatur
• mjólkurpeningur
• mjólkurpóstur
• mjólkursali
• mjólkursamlag
• mjólkursamsala
• mjólkurskán
• mjólkursopi
• mjólkursteinn
• mjólkurstöð
• mjólkursykur
• mjólkursótt
• mjólkursýra
• mjólkursýrugerill
• mjólkurtrog
• mjólkurvara
• mjólkurís
• mjólkurþyrmill
• mjólkvi
• nýmjólk
• súrmjólk

 

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Icelandic mjólk, Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɒɽk/, /ˈmjɑɽk/, /ˈmjɞɽk/

  Rhymes: -ɒɽk, -ɞɽk

• (nom. & acc. def. sg.) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɒɽkɐ/, /ˈmjɑɽkɐ/, /ˈmjɞɽkɐ/

  Rhymes: -ɒɽkɐ, -ɞɽkɐ

• (dat. def. sg.) IPA^(key): /²mjɒɽke̞n/, /²mjɑɽke̞n/, /²mjɞɽke̞n/

  Rhymes: -ɒɽkɛn, -ɞɽkɛn

Noun

mjólk f (nominative & accusative definite singular mjólka, dative definite singular mjólken)

1. (uncountable) Milk.

Derived terms

• blåmjölk
• rännmjólk

Related terms

• mólk
• ramm
• ramtrag
• snark

See also

• åst
• smør
• tjytt
• ull