míle
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mile"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmiːlɛ]
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Noun
míle f
Declension
Derived terms
- milník m
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːlʲə/
Etymology 1
| ← 1 | ← 100 | 1,000 | 1,000,000 (106) → | 1,000,000,000 (109) → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: míle Ordinal: míliú | ||||
From Old Irish míle, from Latin mīlia.
Numeral
míle m (genitive míle, plural mílte)
Derived terms
- céad míle fáilte
- go raibh míle maith agat
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “míle”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “míle”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “míle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Etymology 2
From Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“mile”, literally “thousand”) (used as a short form of mīlle passūs (“a thousand paces”)).
Noun
míle m (genitive singular míle, nominative plural mílte)
- mile
- Synonyms: míle slí, míle de shlí
Declension
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| míle | mhíle | 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 Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːlʲe/
Numeral
| 1000 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : míle Ordinal : mílmad | ||
míle n
Descendants
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language