мук

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Examples
Audio; “мук на крава” (“muk na krava”): (file)

• IPA^(key): [muk]
• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

мук • (muk) m

1. moo (call of ungulates, typically cows or deers)

Declension

Declension of мук

	singular	plural
indefinite	мук muk	му́кове múkove
definite (subject form)	мукъ́т mukǎ́t	му́ковете múkovete
definite (object form)	мука́ muká
count form	—	му́ка múka

Related terms

• му́кам (múkam) (factitive), муча́ (mučá, “to moo”) (iterative)
• му́ка (múka, “cow”) (colloquial, children's language)

References

• “мук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мукъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 91
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мук”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 309

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muk]

Noun

мук • (muk) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of му́ка (múka)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьlkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mûːk/

Noun

му̑к m (Latin spelling mȗk)

1. silence (after a conversation or a period of noise)

Declension

Declension of мук

	singular
nominative	мук
genitive	мука
dative	муку
accusative	мук
vocative	муче
locative	муку
instrumental	муком

Related terms

• му́чати

Further reading

• “мук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024