mír

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

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

  1. peace
    Antonyms: válka, vojna

Declension

Further reading

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)

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

Declension

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: mír

Further reading