míl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mil"

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

míl f (genitive singular mílar, plural mílir)

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

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	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

1. vocative/genitive singular of míol

Mutation

Mutated forms of míl

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míl	mhíl	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmiːɫ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmiːl/

Adjective

míl

1. masculine singular nominal predicative of milý

Declension

Declension of míl (short hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míl	míla	mílo
genitive	míla	míly	míla
dative	mílu	míle	mílu
accusative	míla, míl	mílu	mílo
locative	míle	míle	míle
instrumental	mílem	mílú	mílem
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míla	míle
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	míla	míle
locative	—
instrumental	—
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míli	míly	míla
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	míly		míla
locative	—
instrumental	—

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)

1. animal
2. louse

Declension

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mílN	mílN	mílL, míla
vocative	mílN	mílN	mílL, míla
accusative	mílN	mílN	mílL, míla
genitive	mílL	míl	mílN
dative	mílL	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

Mutation of míl

radical	lenition	nasalization
míl also mmíl after a proclitic ending in a vowel	míl pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 míl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmīl/, [ˈmɪ̄ːl]

Numeral

míl

1. Alternative form of mílą