miets
Latvian
Sētas miets
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *meyt-, *miet-, from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”) with an extra -t, perhaps from the stem *mē- (“to delimit; to measure, to survey”), since stakes in line were one of the first means of marking or delimiting (cf. Latin mēta (“post; target”), mētor (“to delimit, to measure”)). Cognates include Lithuanian miẽtas, Old Irish methas (“border sign”) (< *mitostu-), Sanskrit मेथिः (methíḥ, “pole, pillar”), Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʿ, “support, prop, pillar”), Latin mēta (“cone, pointy post; border sign; target”) (< *mē(i)tā).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mìɛts]
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Noun
miets m (1st declension)
- (pointy) stick, stake, picket, post, pole
- sētas miets ― fence picket
- mietu žogs ― palisade (lit. picket fence)
- paegļa miets ― juniper pole
- ozola miets ― oak pole
- piesiet augļu kociņu pie mieta ― to tie a small fruit tree to a pole (to support it while it grows)
Declension
Declension of miets (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | miets | mieti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mietu | mietus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mieta | mietu |
| dative (datīvs) | mietam | mietiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mietu | mietiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mietā | mietos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | miets | mieti |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “miets”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN