# мил
## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* миль (milʹ) — yo-stem

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [miɫ]
* Rhymes: -iɫ

### Adjective

мил • (mil) (diminutive ми́личък, adverb ми́ло)
* nice, kind, pleasant
* dear, loved one

#### Declension

$^1$Archaic.
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#### Derived terms

* мило- (milo-) (in compounds)
** милобо́д (milobód, “restharrow”) (plant)
** милогле́д (milogléd, “birthwort”) (plant)
** милови́ден (milovíden, “clement, lenient”)
** милора́д (milorád, “charitable, merciful”) (poetic)
** милосъ́рден (milosǎ́rden, “kind-hearted”)
* (causative-iterative) ми́лвам (mílvam, “to fondle”)
* (stative) миле́я (miléja, “to be fond of”)
* (causative-iterative) милу́вам (milúvam)
* помилу́я (pomilúja) (ecclesiastical)
* Ми́ла f (Míla)
* Ми́ле m (Míle)
* Ми́лица f (Mílica)
* Ми́лка f (Mílka)
* Ми́лко m (Mílko)
* Ми́лчо m (Mílčo)
* Мила́н m (Milán)
* Мила́на f (Milána)
* Миле́н m (Milén)
* Миле́на f (Miléna)
* Мило́ш m (Milóš)
* ми́лин (mílin, “darling, dear person”) (dialectal)
* (abstract noun) ми́лина (mílina, “dearness”)
* (abstract noun) ми́лост (mílost, “mercy”)
* (abstract noun) мило́ба (milóba) (obsolete)
* (instrumental noun) милости́ня (milostínja, “alms”)

#### Related terms

* ми́лен (mílen) (dialectal, extended with suffix -ен (-en))
* ми́лък (mílǎk) (dialectal, extended with suffix -ък (-ǎk))

### References

* “мил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “мил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “ми́лꙑй, -ъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 66
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мил¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 787
* “милъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

## Eastern Khanty
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mil]

### Noun

мил (mil) (Surgut)
* hat, cap
* hood

### References

* Volkova, A. N., Solovar, V. N. (2018) “мил”, in Хантыйско-русский тематический словарь (сургутский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Thematic Dictionary (Surgut dialect)]‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: РГПУ имени А.И. Герцена, →ISBN, page 149

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [miɫ]
* Rhymes: -iɫ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ.

#### Adjective

мил • (mil) (comparative помил, superlative најмил, diminutive миличок, abstract noun милина or милост)
* dear, lovable, pleasant, nice, kind, adorable

##### Derived terms

* мило (milo)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

мил • (mil) m (uncountable)
* sand deposit

## Northern Khanty
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mil]

### Noun

мил (mil) (Kazym)
* hat, cap

### References

* Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects‎, University of Munich
* Solovar, V. N. (2014) “мил”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎, Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 179

## Northern Mansi
### Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *mel- (“deep”). Cognates include Hungarian mély.

### Adjective

мил (mil) (comparative милнув, superlative сяр мил)(Sosva)
* deep

### References

* Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “мил”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
* ↑ Entry #1808 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mʲiɫ]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

мил • (mil) m inan (genitive ми́ла, nominative plural ми́лы, genitive plural ми́лов)
* angular mil (=$^1$⁄$_{6000}$ of a circle)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

мил • (mil)
* short masculine singular of ми́лый (mílyj)