Latvian

Miroņi

Noun

mironis m (2nd declension)

1. dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)

   viņš nometās mudīgi pie slīkoņa zemē... tas bija auksts un stīvs, kā jau mironis‎ ― he quickly fell on the ground next to the drowned person... s/he was cold and stiff, like a corpse

   mācīt muļķi, tas tikpat kā mēģināt atdzīvināt mironi‎ ― to teach a fool is just like trying to revive a corpse

   uzmodināt no miroņiem‎ ― to wake up (someone) from the dead (= to wake up a person who was sleeping very deeply)

   uzcelt no miroņiem‎ ― to raise back from the dead (= to cure someone miraculously, unexpectedly)

   dzīvs mironis‎ ― living corpse (= very weak, sick, mentally inert person)

Declension

Synonyms

• līķis

Derived terms

• miroņgalva

Related terms

• mirstība
• mirstīgs, mirstīgums
• mirt

See also

• nāve