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	млънии mlŭnii	млънии mlŭnii	млъниѩ mlŭniję
genitive	млъниѩ mlŭniję	млънию mlŭniju	млънии mlŭnii
dative	млънии mlŭnii	млъниꙗма mlŭnijama	млъниꙗмъ mlŭnijamŭ
accusative	млъниѭ mlŭnijǫ	млънии mlŭnii	млъниѩ mlŭniję
instrumental	млъниѥѭ mlŭnijejǫ	млъниꙗма mlŭnijama	млъниꙗми mlŭnijami
locative	млънии mlŭnii	млънию mlŭniju	млъниꙗхъ mlŭnijaxŭ
vocative	млъниѥ mlŭnije	млънии mlŭnii	млъниѩ mlŭniję

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