mīls

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See also: mils, MILs, Mils, and mīļš

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁l-o-s, from *meyh₁- (“soft, tender”). Cognate with Lithuanian mielas (“nice, sweet, cute, dear”), Old Prussian mijls (“sweet, dear”), Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (“soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, pleasant, sweet, dear”)) and Latin mītis (“weak, tender, soft”).

Adjective

mīls (definite mīlais, comparative mīlāks, superlative vismīlākais, adverb mīli)

  1. (dialectal) dear, cherished, beloved; alternative form of mīļš

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of mīls
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis) 		singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) mīls mīli mīla mīlas
accusative (akuzatīvs) mīlu mīlus mīlu mīlas
genitive (ģenitīvs) mīla mīlu mīlas mīlu
dative (datīvs) mīlam mīliem mīlai mīlām
instrumental (instrumentālis) mīlu mīliem mīlu mīlām
locative (lokatīvs) mīlā mīlos mīlā mīlās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “mielas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
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