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mikil
mikil
Faroese
Adjective
mikil (comparative meiri, superlative mestur)
Declension
| mikil a28 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | mikil | mikil | mikið |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | miklan | mikla | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | miklum | miklari | miklum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (mikils) | (miklar) | (mikils) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | miklir | miklar | mikil |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | miklar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | miklum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (mikla) | ||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- týdningarmikil
- valdmikil
- óljóðamikil
- mikilsverdur
Related terms
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méga-. Compare Old Saxon mikil, Old English miċel, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill.
Adjective
mikil
Declension
Declension of mikil
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | mikil | mikile | mikil | mikile | mikil | mikilu |
| accusative | mikilan | mikile | mikil | mikile | mikila | mikilu |
| genitive | mikilis | mikilro | mikilis | mikilro | mikilro | mikilrō |
| dative | mikilon | mikilon | mikilon | mikilon | mikilro | mikilon |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | mikilo | mikilu | mikila | mikilu | mikila | mikilu |
| accusative | mikilin | mikilin | mikila | mikilin | mikilin | mikilin |
| genitive | mikilin | mikilno | mikilin | mikilno | mikilin | mikilno |
| dative | mikilin | mikilon | mikilin | mikilon | mikilin | mikilon |
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: mecel, mekel
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méga-. Compare Old Dutch mikil, Old English miċel, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils).
Adjective
mikil (comparative mēro, superlative mēst)
Declension
Positive forms of mikil
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | mikil | mikle | mikil | mikle | mikil | miklu |
| accusative | miklana | mikle | mikil | mikle | mikla | miklu |
| genitive | mikles | miklarō | mikles | miklarō | miklaro | miklarō |
| dative | miklumu | miklum | miklumu | miklum | miklaro | miklum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | miklo | miklu | mikla | miklu | mikla | miklu |
| accusative | miklun | miklun | mikla | miklun | miklun | miklun |
| genitive | miklun | miklonō | miklun | miklonō | miklun | miklonō |
| dative | miklun | miklum | miklun | miklum | miklun | miklum |
Comparative forms of mikil (weak only)
Superlative forms of mikil
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | mēst | mēste | mēst | mēste | mēst | mēstu |
| accusative | mēstana | mēste | mēst | mēste | mēsta | mēstu |
| genitive | mēstes | mēstarō | mēstes | mēstarō | mēstaro | mēstarō |
| dative | mēstumu | mēstum | mēstumu | mēstum | mēstaro | mēstum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | mēsto | mēstu | mēsta | mēstu | mēsta | mēstu |
| accusative | mēstun | mēstun | mēsta | mēstun | mēstun | mēstun |
| genitive | mēstun | mēstonō | mēstun | mēstonō | mēstun | mēstonō |
| dative | mēstun | mēstum | mēstun | mēstum | mēstun | mēstum |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: mikel, michel