miły

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See also: mily and milý

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ (likable). Cognate with Upper Sorbian miły, Polish miły (nice, pleasant), Czech milý (kind, dear), Old Church Slavonic милъ (milŭ, dear, sweet), and Russian ми́лый (mílyj, dear, sweet).

Pronunciation

Adjective

miły (comparative milšy, superlative nejmilšy)

  1. gentle, mild

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.wɘ/
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  • Rhymes: -iwɘ
  • Syllabification: mi‧ły

Adjective

miły (comparative milszy, superlative najmilszy, derived adverb miło or mile)

  1. nice, pleasant, dear, gentle, mild, soft, polite

Declension

adjectives
adverbs
phrase

Further reading

  • miły in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • miły in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “miły”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN