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)
- spleen
Inflection
| n24 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | milti | miltið | milti(r) | miltini |
| Accusative | milti | miltið | milti(r) | miltini |
| Dative | milti | milt(i)num | miltum | miltunum |
| Genitive | miltis | miltisins | milta | miltanna |
Synonyms
- milt
Etymology 2
From the noun milt.
Noun
milti
- 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.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [milti]
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Noun
milti m pl (1st declension)
- 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
- 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 |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | miltus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | miltu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | miltiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | miltiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | miltos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | milti |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “milti”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, whence also Old English milde, Old Norse mildr.
Adjective
milti
- 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)
- 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: milt
- Danish: milt
References
- “milti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press