миг

See also: МиГ and Миг

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ (“blink”) via semantic shift “blink, wink” → “short moment of time”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mik]

Noun

миг • (mig) m

1. moment, instant, flash

   Synonym: моме́нт (momént)

2. moment (point in time)

   Synonym: моме́нт (momént)

Declension

Declension of миг

	singular	plural
indefinite	миг mig	ми́гове mígove
definite (subject form)	мигъ́т migǎ́t	ми́говете mígovete
definite (object form)	мига́ migá
count form	—	ми́га míga

Derived terms

• ми́гом (mígom, “immediately”) (adverb, old instrumental case)

Related terms

• ми́гам impf (mígam, “to blink”), ми́гна pf (mígna)
  • мига́ло (migálo, “eyelid”) (colloquial)
  • мига́ч (migáč, “indicator light”)
• ми́гла (mígla, “eyelash”)

References

• “миг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “миг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мигъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 64
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “миг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 782

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ, derived from the verb *migati, inherited into мига (miga, “to blink”) and намига (namiga, “to wink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mik]

Noun

миг • (mig) m (relational adjective мигновен)

1. moment, instant
2. blink

Declension

Declension of миг

	singular	plural
indefinite	миг	мигови
definite unspecified	мигот	миговите
definite proximal	мигов	миговиве
definite distal	мигон	миговине
vocative	мигу	мигови
count form	—	мига

Russian

Alternative forms

• мигъ (mig) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲik]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: мик (mik)

Noun

миг • (mig) m inan (genitive ми́га, nominative plural ми́ги, genitive plural ми́гов)

1. moment, instant

   ми́гом ― mígom ― in a trice, in a flash

   • 1992, Виктор Пелевин, chapter 1, in Омон Ра; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Omon Ra, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996:

     Передо мной была просто освещённая прожектором мозаика на стене павильона, изображавшая космонавта в открытом космосе, но она за один миг сказала мне больше, чем десятки книг, которые я прочёл к этому дню.

     Peredo mnoj byla prosto osveščónnaja prožektorom mozaika na stene pavilʹona, izobražavšaja kosmonavta v otkrytom kosmose, no ona za odin mig skazala mne bolʹše, čem desjatki knig, kotoryje ja pročól k etomu dnju.

     What I saw in front of me was simply a spotlit mosaic on the wall of an exhibition pavilion, a picture of a cosmonaut in open space, but it told me more in an instant than the dozens of books I’d read before that day.

Declension

Declension of миг (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ми́г míg	ми́ги mígi
genitive	ми́га míga	ми́гов mígov
dative	ми́гу mígu	ми́гам mígam
accusative	ми́г míg	ми́ги mígi
instrumental	ми́гом mígom	ми́гами mígami
prepositional	ми́ге míge	ми́гах mígax

Related terms

• мига́ть (migátʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ.

Noun

ми̑г m (Latin spelling mȋg)

1. wink
2. hint
3. cue

Declension

Declension of миг

	singular	plural
nominative	ми̑г	ми̏гови
genitive	мига	мигова
dative	мигу	миговима
accusative	миг	мигове
vocative	мигу	мигове
locative	мигу	миговима
instrumental	мигом	миговима