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Bulgarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
мил • (mil) (diminutive ми́личък, adverb ми́ло)
- nice, kind, pleasant
- dear, loved one
Declension
Derived terms
- мило- (milo-) (in compounds)
- (causative-iterative) ми́лвам (mílvam, “to fondle”)
- (stative) миле́я (miléja, “to be fond of”)
- (causative-iterative) милу́вам (milúvam)
- помилу́я (pomilúja) (ecclesiastical)
- ми́лин (mílin, “darling, dear person”) (dialectal)
- (abstract noun) ми́лина (mílina, “dearness”)
- (abstract noun) ми́лост (mílost, “mercy”)
- (abstract noun) мило́ба (milóba) (obsolete)
- (instrumental noun) милости́ня (milostínja, “alms”)
Related terms
- ми́лен (mílen) (dialectal, extended with suffix -ен (-en))
- ми́лък (mílǎk) (dialectal, extended with suffix -ък (-ǎk))
References
- “мил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ми́лꙑй, -ъ, -а, -о”, 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 66
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мил¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 787
- “милъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.
Adjective
мил • (mil) (comparative помил, superlative најмил, diminutive миличок, abstract noun милина or милост)
- dear, lovable, pleasant, nice, kind, adorable
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
мил • (mil) m (uncountable)
- sand deposit
Northern Mansi
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *mel- (“deep”). Cognates include Hungarian mély.
Adjective
мил (mil) (comparative милнув, superlative сяр мил)
(Sosva)
- deep
References
- Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “мил”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
- Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
мил • (mil) m inan (genitive ми́ла, nominative plural ми́лы, genitive plural ми́лов)
- angular mil (=1⁄6000 of a circle)
Declension
Etymology 2
Adjective
мил • (mil)
- short masculine singular of ми́лый (mílyj)