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

Declension of míl
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

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːlʲ/

Noun

míl m

1. vocative singular of míol
2. genitive singular of míol

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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”)
• túagmíl (“ornament with an animal design”)

Descendants

• Irish: míol
• Manx: meeyl
• Scottish Gaelic: mial

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
míl also mmíl after a proclitic ending in a vowel	míl pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmīl/, [ˈmɪ̄ːl]

Numeral

míl

1. Alternative form of mílą