miet

See also: miệt and mięt

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, mit, from Old High German miti, mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi.

Preposition

miet

1. (Erzgebirgisch) with

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85

Maltese

Root
m-w-t
8 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *mawut-

Proto-Semitic *mawut-

Arabic مَاتَ (māta)

Maltese miet

Inherited from Arabic مَاتَ (māta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪːt/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Verb

miet (imperfect jmut, active participle mejjet, verbal noun mewt)

1. to die
   • 1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:

     Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
     mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
     u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
     kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of miet (Form I, hollow, ie ~ u)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	mitt	mitt	miet	mitna	mittu	mietu
	f			mietet
imperfect	m	mmut	tmut	jmut	mmutu	tmutu	jmutu
	f			tmut
imperative			mut			mutu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	mittx	mittx	mietx	mitniex	mittux	metux
	f			metitx
imperfect	m	mmutx	tmutx	jmutx	mmutux	tmutux	jmutux
	f			tmutx
imperative			tmutx			tmutux