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Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
miste
- 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)
- to lose
Conjugation
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
miste
- inflection of missen:
- singular past indicative
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of misten
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Univerbation of measa (“worse”) + de (“of it”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
miste (predicative only)
- 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 leat ― If you don't mind
- harmful (after a negative or in a question)
- Ní 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
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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miste
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mhiste
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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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Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
miste f pl
- feminine plural of misto
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
miste
- vocative masculine singular of mistus
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
miste
- Alternative form of myst (“mist”)
Etymology 2
Noun
miste
- Alternative form of myst (“mysteries”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Verb
miste (imperative mist, present tense mister, simple past and past participle mista or mistet)
- to lose (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability)
- to miss
- å miste bussen ― to 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)
- past tense of missa
- Alternative form of missa
Swedish
Verb
miste
- past indicative of mista
See also
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