млака

From Proto-Slavic *molka. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian мла̏ка (“puddle”) and akin to Old East Slavic молокита (molokita, “marsh”).

According to some scholars, from the same root as Proto-Slavic *melko (“milk”) whence Bulgarian мля́ко (mljáko).

• IPA^(key): [mɫɐˈka] (Eastern, Central dialects)
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɫakɐ] (Western dialects)

мла́ка or млака́ • (mláka or mlaká) f

1. (dialectal) marsh, pond

   Synonyms: мочу́р (močúr), треса́вище (tresávište)

2. (dialectal) backwater, puddle

   Synonyms: ло́ква (lókva), гьо́л (gjól)

3. (by extension) slough, mire

   Synonyms: (dialectal) глиб (glib), (dialectal) калу́га (kalúga)

• млаки́ще (mlakíšte) (augmentative)

• млак (mlak, “lukewarm”) (dialectal)

• “млака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “млака́”, 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 72

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɫaka]
• Hyphenation: мла‧ка
• Rhymes: -aka

млака • (mlaka)

1. indefinite feminine singular of млак (mlak)