mīla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mila"

Latvian

Etymology

A nominalized form of mīls, a dialectal variant of mīļš. Originally also dialectal, mīla is first mentioned in the written language in the 18th century (1786), and introduced by Rainis in the literary language in the 19th century (1888).[1]

Noun

mīla f (4th declension)

  1. love (positive romantic feeling for a specific person)
    mīlas jūtas ― feelings of love
    pirmā mīlā ― first love
    mīlas dzeja, dziesma, vārdi ― love poetry, song, words
  2. love (positive feeling for a group, people, institution, idea, etc.)
    dzimtenes mīla ― love for one's homeland

Declension
Declension of mīla (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) mīla —
accusative (akuzatīvs) mīlu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) mīlas —
dative (datīvs) mīlai —
instrumental (instrumentālis) mīlu —
locative (lokatīvs) mīlā —
vocative (vokatīvs) mīla —

Synonyms

Adjective

mīla

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular masculine form of mīls
  2. (dialectal form) nominative singular feminine form of mīls

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