Meaning of mirt | Babel Free
[mīɾt]Definitions
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to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically) intransitive
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to die, to stop working intransitive
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to die (to cease to exist) figuratively, intransitive
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to die (to be forgotten, to become insignificant, unimportant, pointless, meaningless) figuratively, intransitive
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to die (to become uninhabited) figuratively, intransitive
Examples
“mirt sirmā vecumā”
to die of old age (lit. in gray age)
“mirt dabiskā nāvē”
to die of (lit. in) natural death
“zēna vecāki ir miruši”
the boy's parents have died
“mirt badu”
to die of hunger, to suffer from hunger, to starve
“viņa tēvs mira nelabā nāvē: nosmaka rijā”
his father died a bad death: he suffocated in the barn
“viņš pāršķeļ milzim galvu un tad, nāvīgās žults nonāvēts, krīt uz savas vāles un mirst”
he splits the giant's head and, poisoned by the deadly gall, falls on his club and dies
“pat pēkšņas nāves gadījumā dažādi organisma orgāni mirst pakāpeniski”
even in the case of sudden death, the various organs of the body die gradually
“būs laiks, kad pēdējais no gulbjiem mirs”
there will be a time when the last of the swans will die
“apdegšas, mirušas ābeles stiepa pret debesīm melnas, sāpju pilnas zaru rokas”
burned, dead apple trees stretched to the sky the black, painful arms of (their) branches
“mirstošais fašisms”
the dying fascism
“tu droši vien zini, kā ir tad, kad mirst mīlestība”
you probably it is how it is (= what it is like) when love dies
“mirusi valoda”
dead language (no longer having native speakers)
“mīts par bijušo Kurzemes koloniju Gambiju bija miris jau sen”
the myth of the former Kurzeme colony of Gambia had died long ago
“mirusi planēta”
dead planet
“ir māja dzīva, nav tā mirusi, ja tajā tikšķot dzird vēl pulksteni”
a house is alive, not dead, if one still hears a clock ticking in it
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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