miste

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See also: miște

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

miste

  1. second-person plural imperative of mísit

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mistæ, from Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, cognate with Swedish mista, English miss, German missen. Doublet of misse (from English). The Danish form has -t- from the past tense and past participle (older miste and mist).

Pronunciation

Verb

miste (past tense mistede, past participle mistet)

  1. to lose

Conjugation

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

miste

  1. inflection of missen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive
  2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of misten

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of measa (worse) +‎ de (of it).

Pronunciation

Adjective

miste (predicative only)

  1. of importance, that matters, that one cares about, that one minds about
    Is miste domsa é.It matters to me.
    Diabhal ar miste liom faoi.I don’t care a straw about it.
    Mura miste leatIf you don't mind
  2. harmful (after a negative or in a question)
    miste a rá go bhfuil suim aige.It’s no harm to say he’s interested./It’s safe to say he’s interested.
    Cárbh mhiste dá dtigeadh sé féinig?What harm if only he came?

Usage notes

Questions beginning Ar mhiste... can be idiomatically translated into English with "Would it be all right...", but note that the polarity of the answer is reversed in English and Irish. The Irish equivalent of "Yes, " is Ní miste, and the equivalent of "No, " is Is miste. Questions beginning An miste leat... "Do you mind..." are answered with the same polarity as in English: Ní miste "No, "; Is miste "Yes, ".

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
miste mhiste not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ste/
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Hyphenation: mì‧ste

Adjective

miste f pl

  1. feminine plural of misto

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Latin

Participle

miste

  1. vocative masculine singular of mistus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

miste

  1. Alternative form of myst (mist)

Etymology 2

Noun

miste

  1. Alternative form of myst (mysteries)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

miste (imperative mist, present tense mister, simple past and past participle mista or mistet)

  1. to lose (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability)
  2. to miss
    å miste bussento miss the bus

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

miste (present tense mistar, past tense mista, past participle mista, passive infinitive mistast, present participle mistande, imperative miste/mist)

  1. past tense of missa
  2. Alternative form of missa

Swedish

Verb

miste

  1. past indicative of mista

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