mír
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech mír, mier, from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmiːr]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
mír m inan
Declension
Related terms
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), 2008–2025
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
- IPA(key): /mʲiːɾʲ/
Noun
mír f (genitive singular míre, nominative plural míreanna)
Declension
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- iarmhír
- réimír
- mír fhoclóireachta (“lexical item”)
Mutation
| 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
mír m inan
- 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.
- Give us all, O Lord,
- (hapax legomenon) 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.
- Thou, Saviour of the whole world,
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 |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Czech: mír
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “mír”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění