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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mimo.
Preposition
мимо • (mimo)
- past
- by
1581, Ostrog Bible, Matthew 20:29-34:И се два слѣпцѧ сѣдѧща при пути слышавъша ꙗко їисусъ мимо ходитъ, възъписта глаголюща,....- I se dva slěpcę sědęšta pri puti slyšavŭša jako iisusŭ mimo xoditŭ, vŭzŭpista glagoljušta,....
- And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying,...
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mimo.
Pronunciation
Preposition
ми́мо • (mímo)
- past, by
2015, Alekseev, Пьяное солнце [Pʹjanoje solnce]:Мимо нас, мимо нас, пьяное солнце. Оно уйдёт и больше не вернётся.- Mimo nas, mimo nas, pʹjanoje solnce. Ono ujdjót i bolʹše ne vernjótsja.
- Pass us by, pass us by, drunken sun. It departs and will return no more.
Adverb
ми́мо • (mímo)
- past, by
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mimo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mîmo/
- Hyphenation: ми‧мо
Preposition
ми̏мо (Latin spelling mȉmo) (+ genitive case)
- by, past (of movement in relation to an object)
- outside, in spite of (law, custom, agreement, hardship etc.; contrary to something established or expected)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mimo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ми́мо • (mýmo)
- past, by
- Synonym: повз (povz)
Preposition
ми́мо • (mýmo) (+ genitive case)
- past, by
- Synonym: повз (povz)
- (dialectal) despite, in spite of
- Synonyms: по́при (pópry), всу́переч (vsúpereč), усу́переч (usúpereč), незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na), наперекі́р (naperekír)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мимо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “мимо”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “мимо”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “мимо”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “мимо”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “мимо”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)