mīts

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humor, companion, speech, account, rumor, fable”).

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mīts m (1st declension)

1. myth (ancient tale about gods, spirits, demons, heroes, natural phenomena or prehistoric events)

   mīts par pasaules rašanos ― world creation myth

   kādā Senās Romas mītā teikts, ka Saule piedzimusi zelta teļa veidā un ka tās māte ir Debess: milzīga govs, kuras ķermenis bijis nokaisīts ar zvaigznēm ― in some Ancient Rome myth it is said that the Sun was born in the form of a golden calf, and that its mother was the Sky: a giant cow, whose body was strewn with stars

2. myth (commonly believed yet false or wrong story, explanation)

   kauja pie Maskavas 1941. gadā izklīdināja mītu par hitleriešu karamašīnas neuzvaramību ― the battle of Moscow in 1941 dispelled the myth of the invincibility of Hitler's war machine

Past passive participle of mīt.

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mīts (definite mītais)

1. indefinite past passive participle of mīt