lightning · zipper, zip, zip fastener · express telegram
çekim: çoğul мо́лнии · tamlayan мо́лнии
eş: патент, срочная телеграмма, газета-молния
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic мълниꙗ (mŭlnija), мълнии (mŭlnii), from Proto-Slavic *mъlnьji or *mьlnьji, from earlier *mъldnьji or *mъldni, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mild-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-n- (“lightning”). Slavic cognates include Serbo-Croatian му́ња (munja), Bulgarian мъ́лния (mǎ́lnija), Polabian måuńa and Kashubian môłniô. Probable cognates outside Slavic include Latvian…
lightning (flash of light caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge)
çekim: çoğul relâmpagos
eş: corisco, raio, relampo
köken: Alteration of relâmpado, from re- + lâmpado, from Latin lampada (“lamp”), from lampas, or through a derivative of Late Latin lampāre. The prefix re- indicates the idea of repetition, hence lightning striking over and over again. Compare Spanish relámpago.
lightning, a lightning bolt (a single discharge of lightning) · a flash (burst of light) · a flash (device which can produce a short burst of light, e.g. for photography)
çekim: çoğul blixtar · tamlayan blixts
köken: Deverbal from blixta, which is itself from blixa. More under entry blixtra. Cognate of German Blitz and Dutch bliksem.
topic, subject, theme · reason, cause, grounds, justification · motif (recurring or dominant element in a work of art)
çekim: çoğul aiheet · tamlayan aiheen
köken: Probably via metathesis from ajaa (“to drive, pursue”) + -e (*ajeh), "that which spurs or drives on" > "reason". May also be inspired by aie. Another theory proposes a borrowing from an earlier (Pre-Germanic) form of Proto-Germanic *aiz (“copper, bronze”) (like *ajes- → *aješ > *ajeh), but the semantics and distribution make this questionable.
lightning, a flash of lightning · thunderbolt · brightness, splendor
çekim: çoğul fulgura · tamlayan fulguris
köken: From Proto-Italic *folgos, from the same root as fulgeō (“flash, lighten”). The expected declension according to regular sound changes would be *fulgus /fulgeris. The nominative fulgus is in fact given by Festus as an alternative form. The oblique stem fulger- is attested in Lucretius ("quasi protelo stimulatur fulgere fulgur"), and also in inscriptions in the spelling of derived words such as…