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

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

Declension of мук

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]‎ (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

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

Declension of мук

Related terms

• му́чати

Further reading

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