Contionary:mikil
Cleepoyish
Etymology
From Old Cleepoyish mikil, from Proto-Lesionic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mikil (comparative moiz, superlative moist)
- big, large
- great, grand, grandiose
Inflection
Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||
Predicative | hiz ist mikil | hjo ist mikil | hit ist mikil | þoi izyn mikil | þooz izyn mikil | þo izyn mikil | |
Strong | Nominative/Accusative | mikil | miklooz | ||||
Dative | miklåm | miklån | miklyz | mikloim | |||
Weak | Nominative | þo mikil | þo mikil | þot mikil | þoi miklån | þooz miklån | þo miklån |
Accusative | þo miklån | þo miklån | þot miklån | þoz miklåm | þo miklåm | ||
Dative | þii miklån | þoiz miklåm |
Adverb
- very, too, a lot
- Synonym: jap
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmʲiːkʲɪl/
Etymology
From Gothic mikils.
Adjective
míkil adj. (comparative mékelys)
- big, large
Case | masculine | feminine | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | ||||
Nominative | míkil | mékel | mékel | ||
Genitive | míkil | ||||
Dative | mékel | ||||
Predicative | mékels | mékels |
A stem with a short vowel *mìkkil would be expected, but sound symbolism caused the vowel to be lengthened.
Antonyms
- lìkkil ("small, little")