English

Mir space station

Proper noun

Mir

1. A Soviet, later Russian space station.

Translations

Anagrams

• IRM
• MRI
• rim

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian Мир ‎(Mir), from мир ‎(mir, “peace”).

Proper noun

Mir f

1. Mir (an international space station)

English

Noun

mir ‎(plural mirs)

1. A Russian village community.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of D. M. Wallace to this entry?)

   • 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.

Anagrams

• IRM
• MRI
• rim

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

mir

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

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /miːɐ̯/

• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

mir

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

   Er gab es mir.‎

   He gave it to me.

Derived terms

• mirs ‎(“it to me”) (contraction of mir es)

Etymology 2

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.

Pronoun

mir

1. (regional, dialectal or colloquial) Alternative form of wir ‎(“we”)

Usage notes

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

German Low German

Alternative forms

• meer (Dialects other than specified below)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

comparative degree of vęl

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

Numeral

comparative degree of vęl

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

Irish

Adjective

mir

1. vocative masculine singular of mear
2. genitive masculine singular of mear
3. (archaic) dative feminine singular of mear

Mutation

Limburgish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

mir

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

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

See also

• ich
• mich
• miener

Lojban

Rafsi

mir

1. rafsi of minra.

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• mer (unstressed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miə̯/

Etymology 1

From Old High German mir.

Pronoun

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.

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

mir

1. first-person plural, nominative: we

   Mir hu véier Hausdéieren. — We have four pets.

Declension

Meriam

Noun

mir

1. word
2. language

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Pronoun

mir

1. me: dative singular of ich

Descendants

• German: mir

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Greek μύρον ‎(mýron), partly through the Slavic intermediate miro. Compare also Aromanian mir.

Noun

mir n ‎(plural miruri)

1. chrism
2. unction
3. holy oil

See also

• mire

Etymology 2

Verb

mir

1. first-person singular present tense form of mira.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of mira.

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

mir m (plural mirs)

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

Alternative forms

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

Related terms

• paraid (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• preit (Sursilvan)
• pare (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology 2

From Latin murem, the accusative singular form of mūs ‎(“mouse”).

Noun

mir f (plural mirs)

1. (Sutsilvan) mouse

Alternative forms

• mieur (Rumantsch Grischun)
• miur (Sursilvan)
• meir (Surmiran)
• mür (Puter, Vallader)

Derived terms

• miezmir-a-miezutschi ‎(“bat”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mîːr/

Noun

mȋr m ‎(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

2. calm, tranquility

   ostavi me na miru!‎ ― leave me alone!

   pusti me na miru!‎ ― leave me alone!

Declension

Derived terms

• uznemirivati

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmíːr/
• Tonal orthography: mȋr

Noun

mír m inan ‎(genitive mirú or míra, uncountable)

1. peace (tranquility, quiet, harmony)

Declension

Tolai

Alternative forms

• amir

Pronoun

mir

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

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian мир ‎(mir).

Noun

mir

1. world

Inflection

Synonyms

• mail'm

References

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