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Webster 1913 Edition


Mir

Mir

(mēr)
,
Noun.
[Russ.
mir’
.]
A Russian village community.
D. M. Wallace.

Mir

,
Noun.
[Per.
mīr
.]
Same as
Emir
.

Definition 2024


mír

mír

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

Czech

Noun

mír m

  1. peace

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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

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mír mhír unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • mír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "mír" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.