mieri

Latvian

Noun

mieri m

1. nominative/vocative plural of miers

Maltese

Verb

mieri

1. second-person singular imperative of miera

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪ̯eri/, [ˈmɪ̯eri]
• Rhymes: -ɪ̯eri
• Hyphenation: mie‧ri

Noun

mieri

1. locative singular of mier

Welsh

Alternative forms

• meieri, meri, merin

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Cornish mor, Breton mouar), from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros. Doublet of mwyar (“blackberries”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈɛri/, /ˈmjɛri/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈeːri/, /mi.ˈɛri/, /ˈmjeːri/, /ˈmjɛri/
• Rhymes: -ɛri

Noun

mieri pl (plural, singulative miaren f or mieren f or mierïen f)

1. brambles, briars, blackberry bushes

   Synonym: drysi

2. (figurative) briars

   Synonym: drysi

Derived terms

• mieri duon (“blackberry bushes”)
• mieri Ffrengig (“dogroses”)
• marchfieri (“dogroses”)
• mieri Mair (“sweetbriers”)
• mieri'r mynydd (“cloudberries”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mieri

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mieri	fieri	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mieri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies