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See also: mir., miř, mír, mìr, miR, Mir, and MIR

Translingual

Symbol

mir

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Isthmus Mixe.

See also

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, community, village commune; peace; world).

Noun

mir (plural mirs)

  1. (now historical) A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, charaterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.
    • 1878, Donald Mackenzie Wallace, Russia, volumes 1-3, page 179:
      he constitution of the village [] was a subject which specially interested me, because I was aware that the Mir is the most peculiar of Russian institutions.
    • R. Van Bergen, The Story of Russia, page 190:
      The mir was the only means to prevent this, and mir meant serfdom under another name. The landowners disposed of their land, or of so much as was required to support the peasants, not to individuals but to the mir.
    • 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 169:
      Consisting of village elders elected by the male heads of household, the mir conducted almost all peasant business, fixing the dates for the agricultural year, deciding what, when and how crops should be grown, distributing plots of land on the open fields, collecting taxes and enforcing basic community discipline.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German mir (we).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mir

  1. (personal) we
  2. (personal) dative singular of ich: (to) me

Declension

Bavarian

Pronoun

mir

  1. Alternative spelling of mia (me, dative)
  2. Alternative spelling of mia (we)

German

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /miːɐ̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːɐ̯
  • (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA(key): /mɐ/, /mə/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German mir (me), from Old High German mir (me), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (me), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (me). Cognate with Old English (me). More at me.

Pronoun

mir

  1. (personal) dative of ich: me, to me:
    Er gab es mir.
    He gave it to me.
    Mir ist kalt.
    I am cold.
Derived terms
  • mirs (it to me)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mir (we). The form originated through assimilation of wir with a preceding verb form and subsequent unetymological segmentation. This is possibly already an Old High German development, since a common Old High German ending of the 1st person plural was -em, thus bittēm wir*bittē-mir (modern bitten wir (ask we, do we ask)). The contraction as such is definitely old, though the common form of assimilation, both in written Old High German and written Middle High German, is through loss of the nasal: bittē wir. The form with mir may either be a younger development in Middle High German, or a more colloquial form that only later appeared in writing. Older age is suggested by the great dominance of mir throughout modern dialects of High German. Compare Yiddish מיר (mir), Luxembourgish mir. Compare also Old Norse mit (we two), Norwegian Nynorsk me (we).

Pronoun

mir

  1. (dialectal or colloquial) Alternative form of wir (we)
    • 16th century / 1874, Alsfelder Passionsspiel mit Wörterbuch herausgegeben von C. W. M. Grein, p. 13 l. 458f. :
      Mir willen widder in die helle,
      Die armen sele siden und quellen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
  • The form is not common in those parts of northern Germany where Low German dialects have traditionally been spoken.

Further reading

  • mir” in Duden online
  • mir” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • meer (some dialects)
  • mehr (some dialects, including Münsterländisch)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːæ̯/ (Mecklenburg, Pomerania)
  • IPA(key): /miːə̯/ (Holstein, Lower Saxony, northern Brandenburg)
  • IPA(key): /miːr/ (southern Brandenburg)

Adjective

mir

  1. (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian, some Northern Low Saxon, parts of Brandenburg) comparative degree of vęl; more

Irish

Adjective

mir

  1. inflection of mear:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of mir
radical lenition eclipsis
mir mhir not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mir

  1. (personal, obsolete) dative singular of ich: me, to me
    Mir gaaf t'r 't.He gave it to me.

See also

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

  • mer (unstressed)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German mir.

Pronoun

mir

  1. first-person singular, dative: me, to me
    Dat brauchs de mir net ze erklären.
    You don’t have to explain that to me.

Etymology 2

From Old High German wir through assimilation with a preceding verb ending (-n w- > -m-) and subsequent unetymological segmentation. See German mir (etymology 2) for the details. Compare also Luxembourgish dir (you), in which a similar development took place.

Pronoun

mir

  1. first-person plural, nominative: we
    Mir hu véier Hausdéieren.
    We have four pets.

Declension

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Adjective

mir

  1. red, of reddish coconuts or the sky

Noun

mir

  1. the color red, of reddish coconuts or the sky

References

Meriam

Noun

mir

  1. word
  2. language

Middle English

Noun

mir

  1. Alternative form of mirre

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German mir (me), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (me), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (me). Cognate with Old English (me). More at me.

Pronoun

mir

  1. me: dative singular of ich

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: mir, mer
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: miar
    Mòcheno: mer
  • Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: meer, mer
  • German: mir
  • Luxembourgish: mir, meer
  • Yiddish: מיר (mir)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, peace, world).[1]

Noun

mir m (definite singular miren, indefinite plural mirer, definite plural mirene)

  1. (historical) a mir

References

  1. ^ “mir” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, peace, world).[1]

Noun

mir m (definite singular miren, indefinite plural mirar, definite plural mirane)

  1. (historical) a mir

References

  1. ^ “mir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

Old High German

Pronoun

mir

  1. dative singular of ih

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German mir. Compare German mir.

Pronoun

mir

  1. dative of ich: me, to me
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mir. Compare German mir.

Pronoun

mir

  1. we
Declension

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ir
  • Syllabification: mir

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish mir, mier, from Proto-Slavic *mirъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s.

Noun

mir m inan

  1. (dated) respect (admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit)
    Synonyms: poważanie, szacunek
  2. (dated or dialectal, Malbork) peace (absence of conflict, violence, or war)
    Synonyms: pokój, zgoda
  3. (historical, law) special protection granted by a monarch to certain individuals or places
  4. (historical) mir, obshchina (peasant village community as opposed to individual farmsteads, or khutors, in Imperial Russia)
    Synonym: obszczina
Declension
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mir f

  1. genitive plural of mira

Further reading

  • mir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mir”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “mir”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 746

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мѵро (müro), from Ancient Greek μύρον (múron). Compare also Aromanian mir.

Noun

mir n (plural miruri)

  1. chrism
  2. unction
  3. holy oil
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mir mirul miruri mirurile
genitive-dative mir mirului miruri mirurilor
vocative mirule mirurilor
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

mir

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mira

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

mir m (plural mirs)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) exterior wall
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Noun

mir f (plural mirs)

  1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of mieur (mouse)
Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (peace; world), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s.

Pronunciation

Noun

mȋr m (Cyrillic spelling ми̑р)

  1. peace
    Nobelova nagrada za mirNobel peace prize
    centar grada je oaza mira i zelenilacity center is an oasis of peace and greenery
    mirovna konferencijapeace conference
    • 1996, United Nations, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Serbian”, in UDHR in Unicode, archived from the original on 27 July 2021:
      Pošto je priznavanje urođenog dostojanstva i jednakih i neotuđivih prava svih članova ljudske porodice temelj slobode, pravde i mira u svetu;
      Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
  2. calm, tranquility
    ostavi me na miru!leave me alone!
    pusti me na miru!leave me alone!

Declension

Derived terms

Slovene

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ (peace; world).

Pronunciation

Noun

mȋr m inan

  1. peace (tranquility, quiet, harmony)
    Synonyms: tišina, gmah, mah, pokoj, spokoj, blaženi mir, idilični mir, mirnst, molk, nebeški mir, nemota, pokojnost, spokojnost, sveti mir
    Antonyms: hrup, hrum, hrušč, hrumot, hrupot, rumel, šunder, tumult, nemir, alarm, direndaj, nepokoj, spektakel, turbulenca, vihar, vihra
  2. peace (state free of war)
    Synonym: mirnodobno stanje
    Antonym: vojno stanje
  3. calmness, peace (a state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions)
    Synonyms: mirnost, umirjenost, mirnodušje, minodušnost, pokoj, pokojnost, ravnodušje, spokoj, spokojnost, stoičnost, zlati mir
    Antonyms: nemir, nemirnost, nepokoj, nepokojnost
    V njenih očeh je našel mir.He found peace in her eyes.
  4. (literary) peace treaty
    Synonym: mirovna pogodba
Declension
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. mȋr
gen. sing. mirȗ
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik
mȋr
genitive
rodȋlnik
mirȗ
dative
dajȃlnik
mȋru, mȋri
accusative
tožȋlnik
mȋr
locative
mẹ̑stnik
mȋru, mȋri
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
mȋrom
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
mȋr



First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. mȋr
gen. sing. mȋra
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik
mȋr
genitive
rodȋlnik
mȋra
dative
dajȃlnik
mȋru, mȋri
accusative
tožȋlnik
mȋr
locative
mẹ̑stnik
mȋru, mȋri
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
mȋrom
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
mȋr


Interjection

mȋr

  1. quiet, silent
    Synonyms: tiho, tišina

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *myrъ̏, from Latin mūrus. Cognates with German Mauer.

Pronunciation

Noun

mȋr m inan

  1. (obsolete or chiefly western dialects) wall (a rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes)
    Synonyms: zid, zidišče
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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent, special accent changes
nom. sing. mȋr
gen. sing. mȋra
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
mȋr mirȏva mirȏvi
genitive
rodȋlnik
mȋra miróv miróv
dative
dajȃlnik
mȋru, mȋri mirȏvoma, mirȏvama mirȏvom, mirȏvam
accusative
tožȋlnik
mȋr mirȏva mirȏve
locative
mẹ̑stnik
mȋru, mȋri mirȏvih mirȏvih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
mȋrom mirȏvoma, mirȏvama mirȏvi
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
mȋr mirȏva mirȏvi


Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • mir”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • mir”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

Initialism of médico interno residente m, médica interna residente f.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: mir

Noun

mir m or f by sense (plural mires)

  1. (Spain) resident (physician in training)

Further reading

Tolai

Alternative forms

Pronoun

mir

  1. First-person exclusive dual pronoun: he/she and I, him/her and me

Declension


Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мир (mir).

Noun

mir

  1. world

Inflection

Inflection of mir (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. mir
genitive sing. mirun
partitive sing. mirud
partitive plur. miruid
singular plural
nominative mir mirud
accusative mirun mirud
genitive mirun miruiden
partitive mirud miruid
essive-instructive mirun miruin
translative miruks miruikš
inessive mirus miruiš
elative miruspäi miruišpäi
illative miruhu miruihe
adessive mirul miruil
ablative mirulpäi miruilpäi
allative mirule miruile
abessive miruta miruita
comitative mirunke miruidenke
prolative mirudme miruidme
approximative I mirunno miruidenno
approximative II mirunnoks miruidennoks
egressive mirunnopäi miruidennopäi
terminative I miruhusai miruihesai
terminative II mirulesai miruilesai
terminative III mirussai
additive I miruhupäi miruihepäi
additive II mirulepäi miruilepäi

Synonyms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “мир, свет”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Zazaki

Etymology

A shortened form of *xamîr, related to Persian خمیر (xamir).

Noun

mir

  1. dough