mironis

Latvian

Miroņi

Etymology

From mirt (present stem: mirst-) (“to die”) +‎ -onis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mironis m (2nd declension)

1. dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)

   viņš nometās mudīgi pie slīkoņa zemē... tas bija auksts un stīvs, kā jau mironis ― he quickly fell on the ground next to the drowned person... s/he was cold and stiff, like a corpse

   mācīt muļķi, tas tikpat kā mēģināt atdzīvināt mironi ― to teach a fool is just like trying to revive a corpse

   uzmodināt no miroņiem ― to wake up (someone) from the dead (= to wake up a person who was sleeping very deeply)

   uzcelt no miroņiem ― to raise back from the dead (= to cure someone miraculously, unexpectedly)

   dzīvs mironis ― living corpse (= very weak, sick, mentally inert person)

Declension

Declension of mironis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	mironis	miroņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	mironi	miroņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	miroņa	miroņu
dative (datīvs)	mironim	miroņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	mironi	miroņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	mironī	miroņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	mironi	miroņi

Synonyms

• līķis

Derived terms

• miroņgalva

Related terms

• mirstība
• mirstīgs, mirstīgums
• mirt

See also

• nāve