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mirin

Definition of mirin

death [mir: dead, died]

Other forms

mir, mirr, mard, mirdî

Etymology

From PIE root *mer- "to rub away, harm", also "to die",

Sanskrit mriyate "to kill", martave "to die", mrta- "died, dead", mrtih "death", martah "mortal man", amrta- "immortal",
Avestan miriia- "to die", miryeite "dies",
Pali marana "death",
Hittite mer- "to disappear, vanish", marnu- "to make disappear",
Armenian meranim "to die",
Greek marainein "to consume, exhaust, put out, quench", marasmus "consumption", emorten "died",
Latin mors (genitive mortis) "death", mori "to die",
Armenian merani- "to die",
Gothic maurþr,
Old English morþ "murder",
Old Irish marb,
Welsh marw "dead",
Lithuanian mirti "to die", mirtis "death",
Old Church Slavonic mreti "to die", mrutvu "dead",
Russian mertvyj,
Serbo-Croatian mrtav "dead".

Updated on March 19, 2023

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