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 (moytʻ, “support, prop, pillar”), Latin mēta (“cone, pointy post; border sign; target”) (< *mē(i)tā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mìɛts]

• Audio:

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Noun

miets m (1st declension)

1. (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)	miet	mieti