míle – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of míle

Noun: míle

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativemíle
Singular Genitivemíle
Plural Nominativemílte
Plural Genitivemílte

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean míle
Singular Genitivean mhíle
Plural Nominativena mílte
Plural Genitivena mílte

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like míle

athbhaile, baile, bruachbhaile, míle, sloinne, sráidbhaile,

Etymology

From Middle English myle, from Old English mīl, from Proto-West Germanic *mīliju, from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“mile”, literally “thousand”) (used as a short form of mīlle passūs (“a thousand paces”)). See: Middle English Nouns 'myle', Latin Nouns 'mīlia'.

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