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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Breton mil, Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
míol m (genitive singular míl, nominative plural míolta or míola)
- animal
- creature
- hare
- insect
- louse
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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míol
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mhíol
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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