miły

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See also: mily and milý

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *milъ (likable). Cognate with Upper Sorbian miły, Polish miły (nice, pleasant), Czech milý (kind, dear), Old Church Slavonic милъ (milŭ, dear, sweet), and Russian ми́лый (mílyj, dear, sweet).

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Adjective

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miły (comparative milšy, superlative nejmilšy)

  1. gentle, mild

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Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.wɨ/
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  • Rhymes: -iwɨ
  • Syllabification: mi‧ły

Adjective

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miły (comparative milszy, superlative najmilszy, derived adverb miło or mile)

  1. nice, pleasant, dear, gentle, mild, soft, polite

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Further reading

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  • miły in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • miły in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “miły”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN