mirt

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *mir-, from the zero grade *mr̥- of Proto-Indo-European *mor-, *mer- (to die). An ancient derivation *mirtis (death) has been replaced by nāve (death) (q.v.), cf. Lithuanian mirtìs (death).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mīɾt]
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  • IPA(key): [mîɾt]
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Verb

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mirt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present mirstu, mirsti, mirst, past miru)

  1. (of people) to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically)
    mirt sirmā vecumāto die of old age (lit. in gray age)
    mirt dabiskā nāvēto die of (lit. in) natural death
    zēna vecāki ir mirušithe boy's parents have died
    mirt baduto die of hunger, to suffer from hunger, to starve
    viņa tēvs mira nelabā nāvē: nosmaka rijāhis father died a bad death: he suffocated in the barn
    viņš pāršķeļ milzim galvu un tad, nāvīgās žults nonāvēts, krīt uz savas vāles un mirsthe splits the giant's head and, poisoned by the deadly gall, falls on his club and dies
  2. (of body parts) to die, to stop working
    pat pēkšņas nāves gadījumā dažādi organisma orgāni mirst pakāpeniskieven in the case of sudden death, the various organs of the body die gradually
  3. (poetic, of animals, plants) to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically)
    būs laiks, kad pēdējais no gulbjiem mirsthere will be a time when the last of the swans will die
    apdegšas, mirušas ābeles stiepa pret debesīm melnas, sāpju pilnas zaru rokasburned, dead apple trees stretched to the sky the black, painful arms of (their) branches
  4. (figuratively, of social, natural phenomena; also ideas, thoughts, mental states) to die (to cease to exist)
    mirstošais fašismsthe dying fascism
    tu droši vien zini, kā ir tad, kad mirst mīlestībayou probably it is how it is (= what it is like) when love dies
  5. (figuratively, of ideas, thoughts, knowledge) to die (to be forgotten, to become insignificant, unimportant, pointless, meaningless)
    mirusa valodadead language (no longer having native speakers)
    mīts par bijušo Kurzemes koloniju Gambiju bija miris jau senthe myth of the former Kurzeme colony of Gambia had died long ago
  6. (figuratively, of places) to die (to become uninhabited)
    mirusi planētadead planet
    ir māja dzīva, nav tā mirusi, ja tajā tikšķot dzird vēl pulkstenia house is alive, not dead, if one still hears a clock ticking in it

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mirt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
mirt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mirt m inan

  1. myrtle (any shrub of the genus Myrtus)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • mirt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mirt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin myrtus, French myrte.

Noun

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mirt m (plural mirți)

  1. myrtle

Declension

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