mulk
See also: mülk
Estonian
Etymology
From Latvian muļķis, muļķe (“idiot, fool”). Originally, the word only existed in the Mulgi dialect, with the meaning of "fool", but later spread to other dialects and became an exonym.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmulʲk/
Noun
mulk (genitive mulgi, partitive mulki)
- a person from Mulgimaa (a traditional region in Southern Estonia, located south of the city of Viljandi)
Declension
Declension of mulk (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mulk | mulgid |
| genitive | mulgi | mulkide |
| partitive | mulki | mulke / mulkisid |
| illative | mulki / mulgisse | mulkidesse |
| inessive | mulgis | mulkides |
| elative | mulgist | mulkidest |
| allative | mulgile | mulkidele |
| adessive | mulgil | mulkidel |
| ablative | mulgilt | mulkidelt |
| translative | mulgiks | mulkideks |
| terminative | mulgini | mulkideni |
| essive | mulgina | mulkidena |
| abessive | mulgita | mulkideta |
| comitative | mulgiga | mulkidega |
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