mír

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

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mír, mier, from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

mír m inan

  1. peace
    Antonyms: válka, vojna

Declension

Declension of mír (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative mír míry
genitive míru mírů
dative míru mírům
accusative mír míry
vocative míre míry
locative míru mírech
instrumental mírem míry

Further reading

  • “mír”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “mír”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “mír”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mír (“morsel, piece of meat”), from Proto-Celtic *mīros (“piece of meat”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsrom. Cognate with Latin membrum (“limb”), Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “meat”), Old Church Slavonic мѧсо (męso, “meat”), and Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mír f (genitive singular míre, nominative plural míreanna)

  1. A bit, portion
  2. A morsel
  3. (grammar) particle

Declension

Declension of mír (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mír míreanna
vocative a mhír a mhíreanna
genitive míre míreanna
dative mír míreanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhír na míreanna
genitive na míre na míreanna
dative leis an mír
don mhír 		leis na míreanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mír
radical lenition eclipsis
mír mhír not applicable

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

References

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmiːr/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmiːr/

Noun

mír m inan

  1. peace
    • attested in the 14th century, “Hospodine, pomiluj ny”:
      Daj nám všěm, Hospodine,
      žizn a mír v zemi!
      Give us all, O Lord,
      Plenteousness and peace on earth.
  2. (hapax) world
    • attested in the 14th century, “Hospodine, pomiluj ny”:
      Ty, spase všeho míra,
      spasiž ny i uslyšiž,
      Hospodine, hlasy našě!
      Thou, Saviour of the whole world,
      Save us, and listen,
      Lord! to our voices.

Declension

Declension of mír (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative mír míry míři, mírové
genitive míra, míru mírú míróv
dative míru míroma míróm
accusative mír míry míry
vocative míře míry míři, mírové
locative mířě, míru mírú mířiech
instrumental mírem míroma míry
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: mír

Further reading

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