мил

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mil"

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• миль (milʹ) — yo-stem

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miɫ]
• Rhymes: -iɫ

Adjective

мил • (mil) (diminutive ми́личък, adverb ми́ло)

1. nice, kind, pleasant
2. dear, loved one

Declension

Positive forms of мил

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	мил mil	ми́ла míla	ми́ло mílo	ми́ли míli
definite (subject form)	ми́лият mílijat	ми́лата mílata	ми́лото míloto	ми́лите mílite
definite (object form)	ми́лия mílija
extended (vocative form)	ми́ли, ми́лий1 míli, mílij1

¹Archaic.

Comparative forms of мил

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ми́л pó-míl	по́-ми́ла pó-míla	по́-ми́ло pó-mílo	по́-ми́ли pó-míli
definite (subject form)	по́-ми́лият pó-mílijat	по́-ми́лата pó-mílata	по́-ми́лото pó-míloto	по́-ми́лите pó-mílite
definite (object form)	по́-ми́лия pó-mílija
extended (vocative form)	по́-ми́ли, по́-ми́лий1 pó-míli, pó-mílij1

¹Archaic.

Superlative forms of мил

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ми́л náj-míl	на́й-ми́ла náj-míla	на́й-ми́ло náj-mílo	на́й-ми́ли náj-míli
definite (subject form)	на́й-ми́лият náj-mílijat	на́й-ми́лата náj-mílata	на́й-ми́лото náj-míloto	на́й-ми́лите náj-mílite
definite (object form)	на́й-ми́лия náj-mílija
extended (vocative form)	на́й-ми́ли, на́й-ми́лий1 náj-míli, náj-mílij1

¹Archaic.

Derived terms

• мило- (milo-) (in compounds)
  • милобо́д (milobód, “restharrow”) (plant)
  • милогле́д (milogléd, “birthwort”) (plant)
  • милови́ден (milovíden, “clement, lenient”)
  • милора́д (milorád, “charitable, merciful”) (poetic)
  • милосъ́рден (milosǎ́rden, “kind-hearted”)

(verbs):

• (causative-iterative) ми́лвам (mílvam, “to fondle”)
• (stative) миле́я (miléja, “to be fond of”)
• (causative-iterative) милу́вам (milúvam)
• помилу́я (pomilúja) (ecclesiastical)

(personal names):

• Ми́ла f (Míla)
• Мила́н m (Milán)
• Мила́на f (Milána)
• Ми́ле m (Míle)
• Миле́н m (Milén)
• Миле́на f (Miléna)
• Ми́лица f (Mílica)
• Ми́лка f (Mílka)
• Ми́лко m (Mílko)
• Мило́ш m (Milóš)
• Ми́лчо m (Mílčo)

(nouns):

• ми́лин (mílin, “darling, dear person”) (dialectal)
• (abstract noun) ми́лина (mílina, “dearness”)
• (abstract noun) мило́ба (milóba) (obsolete)
• (abstract noun) ми́лост (mílost, “mercy”)
• (instrumental noun) милости́ня (milostínja, “alms”)

Related terms

• ми́лен (mílen) (dialectal, extended with suffix -ен (-en))
• ми́лък (mílǎk) (dialectal, extended with suffix -ък (-ǎk))

References

• “мил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ми́лꙑй, -ъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 66
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мил¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 787
• “милъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Eastern Khanty

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mil]

Noun

мил (mil) (Surgut)

1. hat, cap
2. hood

References

• Volkova, A. N., Solovar, V. N. (2018) “мил”, in Хантыйско-русский тематический словарь (сургутский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Thematic Dictionary (Surgut dialect)]‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: РГПУ имени А.И. Герцена, →ISBN, page 149

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miɫ]
• Rhymes: -iɫ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

Adjective

мил • (mil) (comparative помил, superlative најмил, diminutive миличок, abstract noun милина or милост)

1. dear, lovable, pleasant, nice, kind, adorable

Declension

Declension of мил

positive	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	мил (mil)	мила (mila)	мило (milo)	мили (mili)
definite unspecified	милиот (miliot)	милата (milata)	милото (miloto)	милите (milite)
definite proximal	милиов (miliov)	милава (milava)	милово (milovo)	миливе (milive)
definite distal	милион (milion)	милана (milana)	милоно (milono)	милине (miline)
comparative	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	помил (pomil)	помила (pomila)	помило (pomilo)	помили (pomili)
definite unspecified	помилиот (pomiliot)	помилата (pomilata)	помилото (pomiloto)	помилите (pomilite)
definite proximal	помилиов (pomiliov)	помилава (pomilava)	помилово (pomilovo)	помиливе (pomilive)
definite distal	помилион (pomilion)	помилана (pomilana)	помилоно (pomilono)	помилине (pomiline)
superlative	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	најмил (najmil)	најмила (najmila)	најмило (najmilo)	најмили (najmili)
definite unspecified	најмилиот (najmiliot)	најмилата (najmilata)	најмилото (najmiloto)	најмилите (najmilite)
definite proximal	најмилиов (najmiliov)	најмилава (najmilava)	најмилово (najmilovo)	најмиливе (najmilive)
definite distal	најмилион (najmilion)	најмилана (najmilana)	најмилоно (najmilono)	најмилине (najmiline)

Derived terms

• мило (milo)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

мил • (mil) m (uncountable)

1. sand deposit

Northern Khanty

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mil]

Noun

мил (mil) (Kazym)

1. hat, cap

References

• Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects‎^[3], University of Munich
• Solovar, V. N. (2014) “мил”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎^[4], Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 179

Northern Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *mel- (“deep”). Cognates include Hungarian mély.

Adjective

мил (mil) (comparative милнув, superlative сяр мил)(Sosva)

1. deep

References

• Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “мил”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO

• Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán [5]

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲiɫ]

Etymology 1

Noun

мил • (mil) m inan (genitive ми́ла, nominative plural ми́лы, genitive plural ми́лов)

1. angular mil (=¹⁄₆₀₀₀ of a circle)

Declension

Declension of мил (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ми́л míl	ми́лы míly
genitive	ми́ла míla	ми́лов mílov
dative	ми́лу mílu	ми́лам mílam
accusative	ми́л míl	ми́лы míly
instrumental	ми́лом mílom	ми́лами mílami
prepositional	ми́ле míle	ми́лах mílax

Etymology 2

Adjective

мил • (mil)

1. short masculine singular of ми́лый (mílyj)