míl

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

míl f (genitive singular mílar, plural mílir)

  1. mile (usually an old Danish mile, 7.532 km)
  2. mile (Imperial land mile)

Declension

Declension of míl
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative míl mílin mílir mílirnar
accusative míl mílina mílir mílirnar
dative míl mílini mílum mílunum
genitive mílar mílarinnar míla mílanna

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

míl m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of míol

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
míl mhíl not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Czech

Adjective

míl

  1. masculine singular nominal predicative of milý

Declension

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (calf), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, sheep)).

Pronunciation

  • Vocative and genitive singular: IPA(key): /mʲiːlʲ/
  • All other forms: IPA(key): /mʲiːl/

Noun

míl n (genitive míl, nominative plural míla or míl)

  1. animal
  2. louse

Declension

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mílN mílN mílL, míla
Vocative mílN mílN mílL, míla
Accusative mílN mílN mílL, míla
Genitive mílL míl mílN
Dative mílL mílaib mílaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: míol
  • Manx: meeyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: mial

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
míl
also mmíl after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
míl
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Taos

Pronunciation

Numeral

míl

  1. Alternative form of mílą