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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mír m inan
- peace
- Antonyms: válka, vojna
Declension
Declension of mír (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “mír”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “mír”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “mír”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mír (“morsel, piece of meat”), from Proto-Celtic *mīros (“piece of meat”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsrom. Cognate with Latin membrum (“limb”), Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “meat”), Old Church Slavonic мѧсо (męso, “meat”), and Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mír f (genitive singular míre, nominative plural míreanna)
- A bit, portion
- A morsel
- (grammar) particle
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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mír
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mhír
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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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References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN