See also: міръ

Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

миръ (mirŭm

  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 edit

Derived terms edit

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

миръ (mirŭm

  1. world
  2. peace

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

миръ (mir)

  1. we

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

миръ (mirm inan (genitive ми́ра, nominative plural миры́, genitive plural миро́въ)

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

Usage notes edit

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

Declension edit