míl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mil"

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʊiːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʊiːl
  • Homophone: mýl

Noun

míl f (genitive singular mílar, plural mílir)

  1. mile (usually an old Danish mile, 7.532 km)
  2. mile (Imperial land mile)

Declension
Declension of míl
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative míl mílin mílir mílirnar
accusative míl mílina mílir mílirnar
dative míl mílini mílum mílunum
genitive mílar mílarinnar míla mílanna

Derived terms
  • sjómíl
  • fjórðingur

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲiːlʲ/

Noun

míl m

  1. vocative singular of míol
  2. genitive singular of míol

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
míl mhíl not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation
  • Vocative and genitive singular: IPA(key): /mʲiːlʲ/
  • All other forms: IPA(key): /mʲiːl/

Noun

míl n (genitive míl, nominative plural míla or míl)

  1. animal
  2. louse

Declension
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mílN mílN mílL, míla
Vocative mílN mílN mílL, míla
Accusative mílN mílN mílL, míla
Genitive mílL míl mílN
Dative mílL mílaib mílaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • bledmíl (“sea-monster, whale”)
  • fíadmíl (“wild animal, game”)
  • túagmíl (“ornament with an animal design”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
míl
also mmíl after a proclitic		 míl
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 míl
also mmíl after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “1 míl” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Taos

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmīl/, [ˈmɪ̄ːl]

Numeral

míl

  1. Alternative form of mílą
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