miers

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *meyH-ró-s, whence also Latvian mīlēt (“to love”) (q.v.). The meaning changed from “soft, nice” to “calm, peaceful.” A minority opinion considers miers to be a borrowing from Slavic, but several factors (among which the intonation of this word) speak against it. Cognates include Lithuanian archaic mieras, Sudovian mera ([mēra]? [miera]?) (< *meir-), Old Church Slavonic миръ (mirŭ), Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian мир (mir, “peace; world”), Czech mír, Polish mir.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [miɛ̂ɾs]
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Noun

miers m (1st declension)

  1. peace, tranquility, calm, quiet, rest
    slimniekam nepieciešams miers ― the patient needs peace, quiet
    traucēt mājas mieru ― disturb domestic tranquility
    būt mierā ― to be in, at peace (= satisfied; calm)
    miera stāvoklis ― state of rest (not in motion)
  2. peace (the opposite of war)
    miera līgums ― peace treaty
    miera sarunas ― peace negotiations
    dzīvot mierā un draudzībā ― to live in peace and friendship
    izšķirt konfliktu miera ceļā ― to solve a conflict the peace way (= peacefully)
    saglabāt mieru virs zemes ― to preserve peace on earth

Declension
Declension of miers (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) miers mieri
accusative (akuzatīvs) mieru mierus
genitive (ģenitīvs) miera mieru
dative (datīvs) mieram mieriem
instrumental (instrumentālis) mieru mieriem
locative (lokatīvs) mierā mieros
vocative (vokatīvs) miers mieri

Derived terms
  • mierīgs

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “miers”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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