мит

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mitъ, formally a t-participle of unattested *miti (“to pass, to proceed”) (see factitive extension *mijati).

Adjective

мит • (mit) (dialectal)

1. slant, wry, uneven

   мита греда ― mita greda ― a slant beam

   шия на митo ― šija na mito ― to sew askew/unevenly

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• ми́там се (mítam se), ми́ткам (mítkam, “to roam, to wander”)
• мимо (mimo, “along”)
• ми́нат (mínat, “passed, traversed”) (t-participle of ми́на pf (mína, “to pass”))

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ми́тꙑй; -тъ, -та, -то”, 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 70
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мит³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 131
• “митѣ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mytъ.

Participle

мит • (mit)

1. indefinite masculine singular past passive participle of ми́я (míja, “to wash”)

Related terms

• ми́тие (mítie, “cleansing”) (obsolete)
• ми́тка (mítka, “dishcloth”)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мꙑ́тꙑй; -тъ, -та, -то”, 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 97
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мит²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 131

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos).

Noun

мит • (mit) m

1. myth

Declension

Derived terms

• мити́чен (mitíčen, “mythical”)

References

• “мит¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мит¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 131

Evenki

Etymology

Akin to Even мут (mut)

Pronoun

мит • (mit)

1. we (inclusive)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

мит • (mit) m (relational adjective митски)

1. myth

Declension

Ossetian

Noun

мит • (mit)

1. snow

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”).

Noun

ми̑т m (Latin spelling mȋt)

1. myth

Declension

Southern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *mit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: мит

Pronoun

мит (mit) (possessive determiner мит, possessive pronoun митльэ, emphatic pronoun митидиэ)

1. we

Derived terms

See also

Determiner

мит (mit)

1. our

See also

References

• I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 41
• Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 233