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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ (“blink”) via semantic shift “blink, wink” → “short moment of time”.
Pronunciation
Noun
миг • (mig) m
- moment, instant, flash
- Synonym: моме́нт (momént)
- moment (point in time)
- Synonym: моме́нт (momént)
Declension
Derived terms
- ми́гом (mígom, “immediately”) (adverb, old instrumental case)
Related terms
References
- “миг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “миг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мигъ”, 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 64
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “миг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 782
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ, derived from the verb *migati, inherited into мига (miga, “to blink”) and намига (namiga, “to wink”).
Pronunciation
Noun
миг • (mig) m (relational adjective мигновен)
- moment, instant
- blink
Declension
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
миг • (mig) m inan (genitive ми́га, nominative plural ми́ги, genitive plural ми́гов)
- moment, instant
- ми́гом ― mígom ― in a trice, in a flash
Declension
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ.
Noun
ми̑г m (Latin spelling mȋg)
- wink
- hint
- cue
Declension