mierli
Appearance
Friulian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.
Noun
[edit]mierli m
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Romani merel. Doublet of muri.
Verb
[edit]a mierli (third-person singular present mierlește, past participle mierlit) 4th conjugation (slang)
- to die
- 1999 January 4, A666Z35, “Vin minerii in Bucuresti? [Are the miners coming to Bucharest?]”, in soc.culture.romanian[1] (Usenet):
- Stiam ca Ana Pauker a mierlit-o cu mult in urma, dar probabil ca tu, ca si ala de se da ca securistul, asazis generalul, R. Theodoru, sunteti stafiile acelor jigodii.
- I knew that Ana Pauker snuffed it long ago, but you, same as the guy going as the securist and so‐called general R. Theodoru, must be the ghosts of those scoundrels.
- 2004 February 14, coren <coren1@bezeqint.net>, “A crapat Kremer si a ramas alt drac,Coren (1) [Kremer kicked the bucket and another devil, Coren, is left]”, in soc.culture.romanian[2] (Usenet), message-ID <c0lnku$187ndk$1@ID-216277.news.uni-berlin.de>:
- Pacat ca nu veti apuca sa vezi ziua asta .
Veti mierli inaintea mea.
Tu de sida, Costica de ce a mierlit Eminescu, Orashel de inima rea dupa voi.
Dunezeu nu bate cu bata !- A shame that you won't live to see the day.
You'll die before me.
You of AIDS, Costică of whatever Eminescu died of, Orăshel of a broken heart after you.
God beats not with a cane!
- A shame that you won't live to see the day.
- 2008, chapter 33, in Lucian Popa, transl., Aventurile lui Tom Sawyer, 2nd edition (paperback), Bucharest: Corint Junior, translation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, →ISBN, page 323:
- ― Aiurea, Huck, ce te-a apucat? Înțeleg să bântuie pe unde a mierlit-o, da’ el a murit tocmai la intrarea în peșteră, hăt-departe, la opt kilometri de aici.
- Nonsense, Huck, what's come to you? I’d understand if it haunted the place where he died, but he died right at the entrance into the cave, far away, eight kilometers from here.
- (rare) to kill
Usage notes
[edit]The first sense of the word is almost always accompanied by the placeholder pronoun o.
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of mierli (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive | a mierli | ||||||
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gerund | mierlind | ||||||
past participle | mierlit | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | mierlesc | mierlești | mierlește | mierlim | mierliți | mierlesc | |
imperfect | mierleam | mierleai | mierlea | mierleam | mierleați | mierleau | |
simple perfect | mierlii | mierliși | mierli | mierlirăm | mierlirăți | mierliră | |
pluperfect | mierlisem | mierliseși | mierlise | mierliserăm | mierliserăți | mierliseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să mierlesc | să mierlești | să mierlească | să mierlim | să mierliți | să mierlească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | mierlește | mierliți | |||||
negative | nu mierli | nu mierliți |
Etymology 2
[edit]Unknown.
Verb
[edit]a mierli (third-person singular present mierlește, past participle mierlit) 4th conjugation
- (Oltenia, of eyes) to be half-closed
- (of people, by extension) to doze off
- (western Transylvania) to gaze longingly
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of mierli (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive | a mierli | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | mierlind | ||||||
past participle | mierlit | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | mierlesc | mierlești | mierlește | mierlim | mierliți | mierlesc | |
imperfect | mierleam | mierleai | mierlea | mierleam | mierleați | mierleau | |
simple perfect | mierlii | mierliși | mierli | mierlirăm | mierlirăți | mierliră | |
pluperfect | mierlisem | mierliseși | mierlise | mierliserăm | mierliserăți | mierliseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să mierlesc | să mierlești | să mierlească | să mierlim | să mierliți | să mierlească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | mierlește | mierliți | |||||
negative | nu mierli | nu mierliți |
References
[edit]- mierli in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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