"melken" meaning in Middle Dutch

See melken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*melkan}} Old Dutch *melkan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*melkan}} Proto-West Germanic *melkan, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*melkaną}} Proto-Germanic *melkaną, {{der|dum|ine-pro|*h₂melǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=|head2=}} melken, {{dum-verb}} melken Inflection templates: {{dum-conj-st|melk|malk|molk|gemolken|class=3}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], melken [error-unrecognized-form, infinitive], melkens [genitive, infinitive], melkene [dative, infinitive], melke [first-person, indicative, present, singular], malc [first-person, indicative, past, singular], melke [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], molke [first-person, past, singular, subjunctive], melcs [indicative, present, second-person, singular], melkes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], molcs [indicative, past, second-person, singular], molkes [indicative, past, second-person, singular], melcs [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], melkes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], molkes [past, second-person, singular, subjunctive], melct [indicative, present, singular, third-person], melket [indicative, present, singular, third-person], malc [indicative, past, singular, third-person], melke [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], molke [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], melken [first-person, indicative, plural, present], molken [first-person, indicative, past, plural], melken [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], molken [first-person, past, plural, subjunctive], melct [indicative, plural, present, second-person], melket [indicative, plural, present, second-person], molct [indicative, past, plural, second-person], molket [indicative, past, plural, second-person], melct [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], melket [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], molket [past, plural, second-person, subjunctive], melken [indicative, plural, present, third-person], molken [indicative, past, plural, third-person], melken [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], molken [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], melc [imperative, indicative, present, singular], melke [imperative, indicative, present, singular], melct [imperative, indicative, plural, present], melket [imperative, indicative, plural, present], melkende [imperative, participle, present], gemolken [imperative, participle, past]
  1. To milk.
    Sense id: en-melken-dum-verb-RYlH6Esl
  2. To draw in, to pull.
    Sense id: en-melken-dum-verb-ZByhLsiT Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 21 45 34
  3. To lure.
    Sense id: en-melken-dum-verb-eMRLt5Om
     
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    },
    {
      "form": "melke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melct",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melket",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melkende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gemolken",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "melken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "melken",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "melk",
        "2": "malk",
        "3": "molk",
        "4": "gemolken",
        "class": "3"
      },
      "name": "dum-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To milk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To draw in, to pull."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To lure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lure",
          "lure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "melken"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: melken/Middle Dutch 'base form' base_tags={'infinitive'}",
  "path": [
    "melken"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Dutch",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "melken",
  "trace": ""
}

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