milti

See also: miļti

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl̥tɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪl̥tɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

milti n (genitive singular miltis, plural milti or miltir)

1. spleen

Inflection

Declension of milti (n24)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	milti	miltið	milti, miltir	miltini
accusative	milti	miltið	milti, miltir	miltini
dative	milti	miltnum, miltinum	miltum	miltunum
genitive	miltis	miltisins	milta	miltanna

Synonyms

• milt

Etymology 2

From the noun milt.

Noun

milti

1. dative singular of milt

Latvian

Milti

Etymology

Originally from the past participle *milts, plural *milti, of an unattested verb *milt (“to crumble; to grind”), from Proto-Baltic *mil-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-, the reduced grade of *mel- (whence also Latvian malt “to grind” (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian mìltai, Old Prussian miltan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [milti]

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Noun

milti m pl (1st declension)

1. flour (powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding cereal grains)

   graudu milti ― grain flour

   kviešu, rudzu milti ― wheat, rye flour

   rupji, smalki milti ― coarse, fine flour

   bīdelētie milti ― finely ground flour

   miltu putra ― flour porridge

   miltu omlete ― flour omelette

   miltu ērce, kode ― flour mite, moth

   “lai Arturs aiziet uz veikalu un atnes maizei miltus”, tēvs īsi sacīja ― “let Arthur go to the shop and bring flour for the bread”, father said succinctly

   vienu dienu uz pavasara pusi Vilis atved divus maisus miltu ― one day, when it was still spring, Vilis brought two sacks of flour

2. flour (powdery substance obtained by grinding raw materials with special instruments)

   kaļķakmens milti ― limestone flour

   kartupeļu milti ― potato flour (= starch from potatoes)

   zivju milti ― fish flour

   siena, skuju milti ― hay, pine flour (= animal feed)

   koksnes, koka milti ― wood flour (= very finely ground wood)

   koka miltus iegūst no lapkoku un skujkoku koksnes ― wood flour is obtained from deciduous and conifer wood (= trees)

Declension

Declension of milti (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	milti
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	miltu
dative (datīvs)	—	miltiem
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	miltus
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	miltiem
locative (lokatīvs)	—	miltos
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	milti

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, whence also Old English milde, Old Norse mildr.

Adjective

milti

1. mild

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

milti n (genitive miltis, plural milti)

1. spleen

Inflection

Declension of milti (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	milti	miltit	milti	miltin
accusative	milti	miltit	milti	miltin
dative	milti	miltinu	miltum	miltunum
genitive	miltis	miltisins	milta	miltanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: milta
• Faroese: milti, milt
• Norwegian Bokmål: milt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milt
• Danish: milt
• Swedish: mjälte

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “milti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive