милъ

See also: міль and миль

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiʔlаs, from Proto-Indo-European *meylos.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mielas (“nice, dear, sweet”), Latvian mĩl̨š (“sweet, dear, kind”), Old Prussian mijls (“sweet, dear”).

Other Indo-European cognates include Latin mītis (“of soft taste”) and Greek meília.

Adjective

милъ • (milŭ)

1. dear, sweet
2. wretched, pitiable

   милъ бꙑти — to feel sorry for

   милъ сѧ дѣлати — to beg mercy from someone

3. excusable

Declension

Short declension of милъ (hard o/a stem)

	singular			dual			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	милъ milŭ	мило milo	мила mila	мила mila	милѣ milě		мили mili	мила mila	милꙑ mily
genitive	мила mila		милꙑ mily	милоу milu		милоу milu	милъ milŭ		милъ milŭ
dative	милоу milu		милѣ milě	милома miloma		милама milama	миломъ milomŭ		миламъ milamŭ
accusative	милъ milŭ	мило milo	милѫ milǫ	мила mila	милѣ milě		милꙑ mily	мила mila	милꙑ mily
instrumental	миломь milomĭ		милѭ miljǫ	милома miloma		милама milama	милꙑ mily		милами milami
locative	милѣ milě		милѣ milě	милоу milu		милоу milu	милѣхъ milěxŭ		милахъ milaxŭ
vocative	милъ milŭ	мило milo	мила mila	мила mila	милѣ milě		мили mili	мила mila	милꙑ mily

Long declension of милъ (hard o/a stem)

	singular			dual			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	милꙑи milyi	милоѥ miloje	милаꙗ milaja	милаꙗ milaja	милѣи milěi		милии milii	милаꙗ milaja	милꙑѩ milyję
genitive	милаѥго milajego		милꙑѩ milyję	милоую miluju		милоую miluju	милꙑихъ milyixŭ		милꙑихъ milyixŭ
dative	милоуѥмоу milujemu		милѣи milěi	милꙑима milyima		милꙑима milyima	милꙑимъ milyimŭ		милꙑимъ milyimŭ
accusative	милꙑи milyi	милоѥ miloje	милѫѭ milǫjǫ	милаꙗ milaja	милѣи milěi		милꙑѩ milyję	милаꙗ milaja	милꙑѩ milyję
instrumental	милꙑимь milyimĭ		милѭ miljǫ	милꙑима milyima		милꙑима milyima	милꙑими milyimi		милꙑими milyimi
locative	милѣѥмь milějemĭ		милѣи milěi	милоую miluju		милоую miluju	милꙑихъ milyixŭ		милꙑихъ milyixŭ
vocative	милꙑи milyi	милоѥ miloje	милаꙗ milaja	милаꙗ milaja	милѣи milěi		милии milii	милаꙗ milaja	милꙑѩ milyję

Derived terms

• милость (milostĭ)

References

• Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiʔlos, from Proto-Indo-European *meyl-.

Adjective

милъ (milŭ)

1. dear, sweet

Descendants

• Belarusian: мі́лы (míly)
• Russian: ми́лый (mílyj)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ми́лый (mýlŷj)
• Ukrainian: ми́лий (mýlyj)