míl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mil"

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

míl f (genitive singular mílar, plural mílir)

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

Declension

Declension of míl
f2	singular		plural
f2	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

Related terms

fjórðingur

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲiːlʲ/

Noun

míl m

vocative/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 Czech

Adjective

míl

masculine singular nominal predicative of milý

Declension

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míl	míla	mílo
genitive	míla	míly	mílla
dative	mílu	mílě (míle)	mílu
accusative	míl, míla	mílu	mílo
locative	mílě (míle)
instrumental	—	—	—
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míla	mílě (míle)
accusative	míla	mílě (míle)
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míli	míly	míla
accusative	míly		míla

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)

animal
louse

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	míl^N	míl^N	míl^L, míla
Vocative	míl^N	míl^N	míl^L, míla
Accusative	míl^N	míl^N	míl^L, míla
Genitive	míl^L	míl	míl^N
Dative	míl^L	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”)
mílchú (“hunting dog”)
túagmíl (“ornament with an animal design”)

Descendants

Irish: míol
Manx: meeyl
Scottish Gaelic: mial

Mutation

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

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 míl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Taos

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmīl/, [ˈmɪ̄ːl]

Numeral

míl

Alternative form of mílą

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