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млеть

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъd(ь)lěti. Compare Old Church Slavonic мъдлѣть (mŭdlětĭ), Ukrainian мліти (mlity), Belarusian млець (mljecʹ), Slovene medleti, Czech omdleti, Polish mdleć. Related to ме́дленный (médlennyj).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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млеть (mletʹimpf

  1. to relax
  2. to enjoy, to delight (in), to luxuriate (in)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “млеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “млеть”, 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 536
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “млеть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 242