[milti]
CilmeOriginally from the past participle *milts, plural *milti, of an unattested verb *milt (“to crumble; to grind”), from Proto-Baltic *mil-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-, the reduced grade of *mel- (whence also Latvian malt “to grind” (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian mi̇̀ltai, Old Prussian miltan.
- declension-1, masculine, pluralflour (powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding cereal grains)
“graudu milti” — grain flour
“kviešu, rudzu milti” — wheat, rye flour
“rupji, smalki milti” — coarse, fine flour
- declension-1, masculine, pluralflour (powdery substance obtained by grinding raw materials with special instruments)
“kaļķakmens milti” — limestone flour
“kartupeļu milti” — potato flour (= starch from potatoes)
“zivju milti” — fish flour
Formas-(nominative, singular) · milti(nominative, plural) · -(genitive, singular) · miltu(genitive, plural) · -(dative, singular) · miltiem(dative, plural) · -(accusative, singular) · miltus(accusative, plural) · -(instrumental, singular) · miltiem(instrumental, plural) · -(locative, singular) · miltos(locative, plural) · -(singular, vocative) · milti(plural, vocative)