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mīls

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See also: mils, MILs, Mils, and mīļš

Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁l-o-s, from *meyh₁- (soft, tender). Cognate with Lithuanian mielas (nice, sweet, cute, dear), Old Prussian mijls (sweet, dear), Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, pleasant, sweet, dear)) and Latin mītis (weak, tender, soft).

Adjective

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mīls (definite mīlais, comparative mīlāks, superlative vismīlākais, adverb mīli)

  1. (dialectal) dear, cherished, beloved; alternative form of mīļš

Declension

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “mielas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316