миръ

See also: міръ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰿⰹⱃⱏ (mirŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).

Noun

миръ • (mirŭ) m

1. world
   • Excerpt from the Story of Boris and Gleb, line 11:

     Како не въсхотѣ славы мꙇра сего

     Kako ne vŭsxotě slavy mira sego

     Oh how he wanted not the glory of this world!

2. peace
   • from Vita Methodii, 0800500-0800510:

     Слава въ вꙑшьнихъ богоу и на земли миръ, въ человѣцѣхъ благоволениѥ.

     Slava vŭ vyšĭnixŭ bogu i na zemli mirŭ, vŭ čelověcěxŭ blagovolenije.

     Glory to God in the hightest, on earth peace, goodwill toward men.

   • from Slavonic Josephus, книга 5, 436б:

     извѣсто бо емоу бꙑсть. ꙗко нарѡд мира хотѧть. но боꙗщесѧ мѧтежникъ.

     izvěsto bo emu bystĭ. jako narod mira xotętĭ. no bojaštesę mętežnikŭ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of миръ (u-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	миръ mirŭ	мирꙑ miry	мирове mirove
genitive	мироу miru	мировоу mirovu	мировъ mirovŭ
dative	мирови mirovi	миръма mirŭma	миръмъ mirŭmŭ
accusative	миръ mirŭ	мирꙑ miry	мирꙑ miry
instrumental	миръмь mirŭmĭ	миръма mirŭma	миръми mirŭmi
locative	мироу miru	мировоу mirovu	миръхъ mirŭxŭ
vocative	мироу miru	мирꙑ miry	мирове mirove

Declension of миръ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	миръ mirŭ	мира mira	мири miri
genitive	мира mira	мироу miru	миръ mirŭ
dative	мироу miru	мирома miroma	миромъ miromŭ
accusative	миръ mirŭ	мира mira	мирꙑ miry
instrumental	миромъ miromŭ	мирома miroma	мирꙑ miry
locative	мирѣ mirě	мироу miru	мирѣхъ mirěxŭ
vocative	мире mire	мира mira	мири miri

Derived terms

• мировати (mirovati)
• мировьнъ (mirovĭnŭ)
• миродрьжитель (mirodrĭžitelĭ)
• миродрьжьць (mirodrĭžĭcĭ)
• миродѣивъ (miroděivŭ)
• миромъісльнъ (miromŭislĭnŭ)
• миромѫдрьнъ (miromǫdrĭnŭ)
• миротворьць (mirotvorĭcĭ)
• мирьникъ (mirĭnikŭ)
• мирьнъ (mirĭnŭ)
• мирьскъ (mirĭskŭ)
• съмирение (sŭmirenie)
• съмирити (sŭmiriti)
• съмирѣти (sŭmirěti)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic миръ (mirŭ) and Old Polish mir.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmirʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲirʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲir/
• Hyphenation: ми‧ръ

Noun

миръ (mirŭ) m

1. world
2. peace

Declension

Declension of миръ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	миръ mirŭ	мира mira	мири miri
Genitive	мира mira	миру miru	миръ mirŭ
Dative	миру miru	мирома miroma	миромъ miromŭ
Accusative	миръ mirŭ	мира mira	мирꙑ miry
Instrumental	миръмь mirŭmĭ	мирома miroma	мирꙑ miry
Locative	мирѣ mirě	миру miru	мирѣхъ mirěxŭ
Vocative	мире mire	мира mira	мири miri

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “миръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 147

Omok

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *mit. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir мит (mit).

Pronoun

миръ (mir)

1. we

References

• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 118

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲir]

Noun

миръ • (mir) m inan (genitive ми́ра, nominative plural миры́, genitive plural миро́въ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of мир (mir): peace.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with міръ (mir), the spelling used for the meaning "world".

Declension

Pre-reform declension of миръ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ми́ръ mír	миры́ mirý
genitive	ми́ра míra	миро́въ miróv
dative	ми́ру míru	мира́мъ mirám
accusative	ми́ръ mír	миры́ mirý
instrumental	ми́ромъ mírom	мира́ми mirámi
prepositional	ми́рѣ mírě	мира́хъ miráx
locative	миру́ mirú