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mist

See also: Mist, MiST, and MIST

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”).

NounEdit

mist (countable and uncountable, plural mists)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
    It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
  2. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
    There was an oily mist on the lens.
  3. (figuratively) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from mist
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit

mist (third-person singular simple present mists, present participle misting, simple past and past participle misted)

  1. To form mist.
    It's misting this morning.
  2. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
    I mist my tropical plants every morning.
  3. To cover with a mist.
    The lens was misted.
  4. (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
    My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
  5. (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
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TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

mist

  1. (obsolete) past tense of miss

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

VerbEdit

mist

  1. imperative of miste

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

NounEdit

mist m (plural misten, diminutive mistje n)

  1. fog, mist
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: mis

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

mist

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of missen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of missen

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

mist

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of misten
  2. imperative of misten

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IngrianEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mist

  1. elative of mikä

ReferencesEdit

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100

LatvianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

mist (intr., 1st conj., pres. mītu, mīt, mīt, past mitu)

  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to reside

ConjugationEdit

conjugation of mist
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es mītu mitu mitīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu mīt miti mitīsi mīt
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa mīt mita mitīs lai mīt
1st pers. pl. mēs mītam mitām mitīsim mitīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs mītat mitāt mitīsiet,
mitīsit 		mītiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas mīt mita mitīs lai mīt
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present mītot Present Active 1 (Adj.) mītošs
Past esot mitis Present Active 2 (Adv.) mizdams
Future mitīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) mītot
Imperative lai mītot Present Active 4 (Obj.) mītam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active mitis
Present mistu Present Passive mītams
Past būtu mitis Past Passive mists
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jāmīt Infinitive (nenoteiksme) mist
Conjunctive 1 esot jāmīt Negative Infinitive nemist
Conjunctive 2 jāmītot Verbal noun mišana

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Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

mist

  1. Alternative form of myst (“mist”)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

mist

  1. Alternative form of myst (“mysteries”)

North FrisianEdit

NounEdit

mist m

  1. (Mooring) mist

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

mist

  1. imperative of miste

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

mist

  1. past participle of missa
  2. inflection of mista:
    1. past participle
    2. imperative

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mist m

  1. fog
  2. mist

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mist (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mist mistas
accusative mist mistas
genitive mistes mista
dative miste mistum

DescendantsEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mistr, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

NounEdit

mist c

  1. fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mist 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mist misten — —
Genitive mists mistens — —

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VerbEdit

mist

  1. imperative of mista.
  2. past participle of mista.
  3. supine of mista.

AnagramsEdit

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