mieli

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli, From Proto-Finno-Permic *mäle. Cognates include Estonian meel, Northern Sami miella, Moksha мяль (mjalʹ) and Komi-Zyrian мыл (myl).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mie‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈmieli/

Noun

mieli

  1. mood
  2. sense, meaning
  3. mind
  4. opinion (nowadays usually replaced by the "clarification" mielipide [coined in 1847] except in certain expressions).
    • minun mielestäni... = according to my opinion... = I think that...
  5. As the first part of a compound signifies mental.
    • mielikuva = image (lit. mental picture)
  6. As the first part of a compound signifies favorite.
    • mieliruoka = favorite dish

Declension

Inflection of mieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative mieli mielet
genitive mielen mielten
mielien
partitive mieltä mieliä
illative mieleen mieliin
singular plural
nominative mieli mielet
accusative nom. mieli mielet
gen. mielen
genitive mielen mielten
mielien
partitive mieltä mieliä
inessive mielessä mielissä
elative mielestä mielistä
illative mieleen mieliin
adessive mielellä mielillä
ablative mieleltä mieliltä
allative mielelle mielille
essive mielenä mielinä
translative mieleksi mieliksi
instructive mielin
abessive mielettä mielittä
comitative mielineen

Derived terms

(minun) mielestäni...

Verb

mieli

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of mieliä.
  2. Indicative present connegative form of mieliä.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present form of mieliä.
  4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of mieliä.

Anagrams


Ido

Noun

mieli

  1. plural of mielo

Italian

Noun

mieli m

  1. plural of miele

Karelian

Noun

mieli

  1. mind (sense)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛ.lʲi/

Verb

mieli

  1. third-person plural masculine personal past of mieć

Verb

mieli

  1. third-person singular present of mielić

Further reading

  • mieli in Polish dictionaries at PWN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.