mikil

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

mikil (comparative meiri, superlative mestur)

  1. great
  2. important (persons)

Declension

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Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) mikil mikil mikið
Accusative (hvønnfall) miklan mikla
Dative (hvørjumfall) miklum miklari miklum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (mikils) (miklar) (mikils)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) miklir miklar mikil
Accusative (hvønnfall) miklar
Dative (hvørjumfall) miklum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (mikla)

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Gothic

Romanization

mikil

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

mikil

  1. great, big
  2. a large amount of

Inflection


Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: mēkel

Further reading

  • mikil”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

mikil (comparative mēro, superlative mēst)

  1. great, big
  2. a large amount of

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: mikel, michel
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