mironis
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]From mirt (present stem: mirst-) (“to die”) + -onis.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]mironis m (2nd declension)
- dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)
- viņš nometās mudīgi pie slīkoņa zemē... tas bija auksts un stīvs, kā jau mironis ― he quickly fell on the ground next to the drowned person... s/he was cold and stiff, like a corpse
- mācīt muļķi, tas tikpat kā mēģināt atdzīvināt mironi ― to teach a fool is just like trying to revive a corpse
- uzmodināt no miroņiem ― to wake up (someone) from the dead (= to wake up a person who was sleeping very deeply)
- uzcelt no miroņiem ― to raise back from the dead (= to cure someone miraculously, unexpectedly)
- dzīvs mironis ― living corpse (= very weak, sick, mentally inert person)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mironis | miroņi |
| genitive | miroņa | miroņu |
| dative | mironim | miroņiem |
| accusative | mironi | miroņus |
| instrumental | mironi | miroņiem |
| locative | mironī | miroņos |
| vocative | mironi | miroņi |