Meaning of mironis | Babel Free

Definitions

dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)

declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“viņš nometās mudīgi pie slīkoņa zemē... tas bija auksts un stīvs, kā jau mironis”

he quickly fell on the ground next to the drowned person... s/he was cold and stiff, like a corpse

“mācīt muļķi, tas tikpat kā mēģināt atdzīvināt mironi”

to teach a fool is just like trying to revive a corpse

“uzmodināt no miroņiem”

to wake up (someone) from the dead (= to wake up a person who was sleeping very deeply)

“uzcelt no miroņiem”

to raise back from the dead (= to cure someone miraculously, unexpectedly)

“dzīvs mironis”

living corpse (= very weak, sick, mentally inert person)

CEFR level