Meaning
3 senses(dated, not comparable)Used to produce milk; dairy.
melk
до́йнаяdójnaja
(dated, not comparable)Currently producing milk for its offspring.
(not comparable, obsolete)Tender; pitiful; weeping.
- giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production
Examples
1 sentencesNo domestic animal, in proportion to its weight, needs as much water as a milch cow.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe,From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Compare milchig.
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