míl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mil"

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

míl f (genitive singular mílar, plural mílir)

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

Declension

f2	singular		plural
f2	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	míl	mílin	mílir	mílirnar
accusative	míl	mílina	mílir	mílirnar
dative	míl	mílini	mílum	mílunum
genitive	mílar	mílarinnar	míla	mílanna

Derived terms

sjómíl

Related terms

fjórðingur

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲiːlʲ/

Noun

míl m

vocative/genitive singular of míol

Mutation

Mutated forms of *míl*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
míl	mhíl	not applicable

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

Old Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmiːɫ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmiːl/

Adjective

míl

masculine singular nominal predicative of milý

Declension

Declension of *míl* (short hard)
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míl	míla	mílo
genitive	míla	míly	míla
dative	mílu	míle	mílu
accusative	míla, míl	mílu	mílo
locative	míle	míle	míle
instrumental	mílem	mílú	mílem
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míla	míle
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	míla	míle
locative	—
instrumental	—
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míli	míly	míla
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	míly		míla
locative	—
instrumental	—

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

animal
louse

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	míl^N	míl^N	míl^L, míla
vocative	míl^N	míl^N	míl^L, míla
accusative	míl^N	míl^N	míl^L, míla
genitive	míl^L	míl	míl^N
dative	míl^L	mílaib	mílaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Irish: míol
Manx: meeyl
Scottish Gaelic: mial

Mutation

Mutation of *míl*
radical	lenition	nasalization
míl also mmíl in h-prothesis environments	míl pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	míl also mmíl

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

References

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

Taos

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmīl/, [ˈmɪ̄ːl]

Numeral

míl

alternative form of mílą