mir

mir

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Isthmus Mixe.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Isthmus Mixe terms

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”).

mir (plural mirs)

1. (now historical) A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands. [from 19th c.]
   • 1878, Donald Mackenzie Wallace, Russia, volumes 1-3, page 179:

     [T]he constitution of the village […] was a subject which specially interested me, because I was aware that the Mir is the most peculiar of Russian institutions.

   • R. Van Bergen, The Story of Russia, page 190:

     The mir was the only means to prevent this, and mir meant serfdom under another name. The landowners disposed of their land, or of so much as was required to support the peasants, not to individuals but to the mir.

   • 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 169:

     Consisting of village elders elected by the male heads of household, the mir conducted almost all peasant business, fixing the dates for the agricultural year, deciding what, when and how crops should be grown, distributing plots of land on the open fields, collecting taxes and enforcing basic community discipline.

• IRM, MRI, RMI, rim

From Middle High German mir (“we”).

• IPA^(key): /mir/ ((stressed) IPA^(key): /mɪːr/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /mər/)

mir

1. (personal) we
2. (personal) dative singular of ich: (to) me

mir

1. alternative spelling of mia (“me”, dative)
2. alternative spelling of mia (“we”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): /miːɐ̯/

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• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

• (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA^(key): /mɐ/, /mə/

From Middle High German mir (“me”), from Old High German mir (“me”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Old English mē (“me”). More at me.

mir

1. (personal) dative of ich: me, to me:

   Er gab es mir.

   He gave it to me.

   Mir ist kalt.

   I am cold.

• mirs (“it to me”)

From Middle High German mir (“we”). The form originated through assimilation of wir with a preceding verb form and subsequent unetymological segmentation. This is possibly already an Old High German development, since a common Old High German ending of the 1st person plural was -em, thus bittēm wir → *bittē-mir (modern bitten wir (“ask we, do we ask”)). The contraction as such is definitely old, though the common form of assimilation, both in written Old High German and written Middle High German, is through loss of the nasal: bittē wir. The form with mir may either be a younger development in Middle High German, or a more colloquial form that only later appeared in writing. Older age is suggested by the great dominance of mir throughout modern dialects of High German. Compare Yiddish מיר (mir), Luxembourgish mir. Compare also Old Norse mit (“we two”), Norwegian Nynorsk me (“we”).

mir

1. (dialectal or colloquial) alternative form of wir (“we”)
   • 16th century / 1874, Alsfelder Passionsspiel mit Wörterbuch herausgegeben von C. W. M. Grein, p. 13 l. 458f. [note: the text also has mer for 1st person plural nominative]:

     Mir willen widder in die helle,
     Die armen sele siden und quellen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• The form is not common in those parts of northern Germany where Low German dialects have traditionally been spoken.

• “mir” in Duden online
• “mir” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• meer (some dialects)
• mehr (some dialects, including Münsterländisch)

• IPA^(key): /miːæ̯/ (Mecklenburg, Pomerania)
• IPA^(key): /miːə̯/ (Holstein, Lower Saxony, northern Brandenburg)
• IPA^(key): /miːr/ (southern Brandenburg)

mir

1. (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian, some Northern Low Saxon, parts of Brandenburg) comparative degree of vęl; more

mir

1. inflection of mear:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

• (most dialects) IPA^(key): /mɪr/
• (Maastrichtian) IPA^(key): /mir/

mir

1. (personal, obsolete) dative singular of ich: me, to me

   Mir gaaf t'r 't. ― He gave it to me.

• ich
• mich
• miener

• mer (unstressed)

• IPA^(key): /miːr/, [miə̯], [ˈmiː.ɐ]

From Middle High German mir.

mir

1. first-person singular, dative: me, to me

   Dat brauchs de mir net ze erklären.

   You don’t have to explain that to me.

From Old High German wir through assimilation with a preceding verb ending (-n w- > -m-) and subsequent unetymological segmentation. See German mir (etymology 2) for the details. Compare also Luxembourgish dir (“you”), in which a similar development took place.

mir

1. first-person plural, nominative: we

   Mir hu véier Hausdéieren.

   We have four pets.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [mʲirˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /mʲirˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {mir}

mir

1. red, of reddish coconuts or the sky

mir

1. the color red, of reddish coconuts or the sky

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

mir

1. word
2. language

mir

1. alternative form of mirre

From Old High German mir (“me”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Old English mē (“me”). More at me.

mir

1. me: dative singular of ich

• Alemannic German: mir, mer
• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: miar

  Mòcheno: mer

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: meer, mer

• German: mir
• Luxembourgish: mir, meer
• Yiddish: מיר (mir)

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “peace, world”).^[1]

mir m (definite singular miren, indefinite plural mirer, definite plural mirene)

1. (historical) a mir

• rim

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “peace, world”).^[1]

mir m (definite singular miren, indefinite plural mirar, definite plural mirane)

1. (historical) a mir

• rim

mir

1. dative singular of ih

• IPA^(key): /miːɐ̯/

From Middle High German mir. Compare German mir.

mir

1. dative of ich: me, to me

From Middle High German mir. Compare German mir.

mir

1. we

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• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: mir

Inherited from Old Polish mir, mier.

mir m inan

1. (dated or dialectal, Kielce) respect (admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit)

   Synonyms: poważanie, szacunek

2. (dated or dialectal, Malbork) peace (absence of conflict, violence, or war)

   Synonyms: pokój, zgoda

3. (historical, law) special protection granted by a monarch to certain individuals or places
4. (historical) mir, obshchina (peasant village community as opposed to individual farmsteads, or khutors, in Imperial Russia)

   Synonym: obszczina

• mnir (Far Masovian)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mir f

1. genitive plural of mira

• mir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mir”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
• Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “mir”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 746
• Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “mir”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 337

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мѵро (müro), from Ancient Greek μύρον (múron). Compare also Aromanian mir.

mir n (plural miruri)

1. chrism
2. unction
3. holy oil

• mire

mir

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mira

From Latin mūrus.

mir m (plural mirs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) exterior wall

• meir (Surmiran)
• mür (Puter, Vallader)

• paraid

mir f (plural mirs)

1. (Sutsilvan) alternative form of mieur (“mouse”)

• miezmir-a-miezutschi (“bat”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s.

• IPA^(key): /mîːr/

mȋr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ми̑р)

1. peace

   Nobelova nagrada za mir ― Nobel peace prize

   centar grada je oaza mira i zelenila ― city center is an oasis of peace and greenery

   mirovna konferencija ― peace conference

   • 1996, United Nations, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Serbian”, in UDHR in Unicode‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 July 2021:

     Pošto je priznavanje urođenog dostojanstva i jednakih i neotuđivih prava svih članova ljudske porodice temelj slobode, pravde i mira u svetu;

     Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

2. calm, tranquility

   ostavi me na miru! ― leave me alone!

   pusti me na miru! ― leave me alone!

• mer (dialectal)

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).

• IPA^(key): /míːr/
• Rhymes: -ɪːr
• Hyphenation: mir
• Homophone: mer

mȋr m inan

1. peace (tranquility, quiet, harmony)

   Synonyms: tišina, gmah, mah, pokoj, spokoj, blaženi mir, idilični mir, mirnst, molk, nebeški mir, nemota, pokojnost, spokojnost, sveti mir

   Antonyms: hrup, hrum, hrušč, hrumot, hrupot, rumel, šunder, tumult, nemir, alarm, direndaj, nepokoj, spektakel, turbulenca, vihar, vihra

2. peace (state free of war)

   Synonym: mirnodobno stanje

   Antonym: vojno stanje

3. calmness, peace (a state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions)

   Synonyms: mirnost, umirjenost, mirnodušje, minodušnost, pokoj, pokojnost, ravnodušje, spokoj, spokojnost, stoičnost, zlati mir

   Antonyms: nemir, nemirnost, nepokoj, nepokojnost

   V njenih očeh je našel mir. ― He found peace in her eyes.

4. (literary) peace treaty

   Synonym: mirovna pogodba

mȋr

1. quiet, silent

   Synonyms: tiho, tišina

From Proto-Slavic *myrъ̏, from Latin mūrus. Cognates with German Mauer.^{[→Snoj, 2016]}

• IPA^(key): /míːr/
• Rhymes: -ɪːr
• Hyphenation: mir
• Homophone: mer

mȋr m inan

1. (obsolete or chiefly western dialects) wall (a rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes)^{[→Snoj, 2016]}

   Synonyms: zid, zidišče

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• sporazum
• tišina
• stena

• “mir”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “mir”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Initialism of médico interno residente m, médica interna residente f.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾ/ [ˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: mir

mir m or f by sense (plural mires)

1. (Spain) resident (physician in training)

• “mir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• amir

mir

1. First-person exclusive dual pronoun: he/she and I, him/her and me

Borrowed from Russian мир (mir, “world”).

mir

1. universe

   Synonyms: londuzkund, kaikuz

2. world

   Synonym: mail'm

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “мир, свет”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

A shortened form of *xamîr, related to Persian خمیر (xamir).

mir

1. dough