mirt

From Proto-Baltic *mir-, from the zero grade *mr̥- of Proto-Indo-European *mor-, *mer- (“to die”). An ancient derivation *mirtis (“death”) has been replaced by nāve (“death”) (q.v.), cf. Lithuanian mirti̇̀s (“death”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [mīɾt]

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mirt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present mirstu, mirsti, mirst, past miru)

1. (of people) to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically)

   mirt sirmā vecumā ― to die of old age (lit. in gray age)

   mirt dabiskā nāvē ― to die of (lit. in) natural death

   zēna vecāki ir miruši ― the boy's parents have died

   mirt badu ― to die of hunger, to suffer from hunger, to starve

   viņa tēvs mira nelabā nāvē: nosmaka rijā ― his father died a bad death: he suffocated in the barn

   viņš pāršķeļ milzim galvu un tad, nāvīgās žults nonāvēts, krīt uz savas vāles un mirst ― he splits the giant's head and, poisoned by the deadly gall, falls on his club and dies

2. (of body parts) to die, to stop working

   pat pēkšņas nāves gadījumā dažādi organisma orgāni mirst pakāpeniski ― even in the case of sudden death, the various organs of the body die gradually

3. (poetic, of animals, plants) to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically)

   būs laiks, kad pēdējais no gulbjiem mirs ― there will be a time when the last of the swans will die

   apdegšas, mirušas ābeles stiepa pret debesīm melnas, sāpju pilnas zaru rokas ― burned, dead apple trees stretched to the sky the black, painful arms of (their) branches

4. (figuratively, of social, natural phenomena; also ideas, thoughts, mental states) to die (to cease to exist)

   mirstošais fašisms ― the dying fascism

   tu droši vien zini, kā ir tad, kad mirst mīlestība ― you probably it is how it is (= what it is like) when love dies

5. (figuratively, of ideas, thoughts, knowledge) to die (to be forgotten, to become insignificant, unimportant, pointless, meaningless)

   mirusa valoda ― dead language (no longer having native speakers)

   mīts par bijušo Kurzemes koloniju Gambiju bija miris jau sen ― the myth of the former Kurzeme colony of Gambia had died long ago

6. (figuratively, of places) to die (to become uninhabited)

   mirusi planēta ― dead planet

   ir māja dzīva, nav tā mirusi, ja tajā tikšķot dzird vēl pulksteni ― a house is alive, not dead, if one still hears a clock ticking in it

prefixed verbs:

• mironis
• mirstīgs, mirstīgums
• mirstība

• nāve

• mirta
• merta (Kuyavia)

Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmirt/

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• Rhymes: -irt
• Syllabification: mirt

mirt m inan

1. myrtle (any shrub of the genus Myrtus)

• mirt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mirt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin myrtus, French myrte.

mirt m (plural mirți)

1. myrtle