míl

• IPA^(key): /mʊiːl/
• Rhymes: -ʊiːl
• Homophone: mýl

míl f (genitive singular mílar, plural mílir)

1. mile (usually an old Danish mile, 7.532 km)
2. mile (Imperial land mile)

• sjómíl

• fjórðingur

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːlʲ/

míl m

1. vocative/genitive singular of míol

míl

1. masculine singular nominal predicative of milý

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

• Vocative and genitive singular: IPA^(key): /mʲiːlʲ/
• All other forms: IPA^(key): /mʲiːl/

míl n (genitive míl, nominative plural míla or míl)

1. animal
2. louse

• bledmíl (“sea-monster, whale”)
• fíadmíl (“wild animal, game”)
• mílchú (“hunting dog”)
• túagmíl (“ornament with an animal design”)

• Irish: míol
• Manx: meeyl
• Scottish Gaelic: mial

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 míl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈmīl/,

míl

1. Alternative form of mílą