mist

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

The noun is from Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”).

The verb is from Middle English misten, from Old English mistian.

Noun[edit]

mist (countable and uncountable, plural mists)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
    Synonym: brume
    It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
  2. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
    There was an oily mist on the lens.
  3. (figurative) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
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Verb[edit]

mist (third-person singular simple present mists, present participle misting, simple past and past participle misted)

  1. To form mist.
    It's misting this morning.
  2. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
    I mist my tropical plants every morning.
  3. To cover with a mist.
    The lens was misted.
  4. (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
    My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
  5. (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. (obsolete) past of miss

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Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. imperative of miste

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Noun[edit]

mist m (plural misten, diminutive mistje n)

  1. fog, mist
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: mis

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. inflection of missen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. inflection of misten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Ingrian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mist

  1. elative of mikä

References[edit]

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100

Latvian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

mist (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present mītu, mīt, mīt, past mitu)

  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to reside

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of mist
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es mītu mitu mitīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu mīt miti mitīsi mīt
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa mīt mita mitīs lai mīt
1st pers. pl. mēs mītam mitām mitīsim mitīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs mītat mitāt mitīsiet,
mitīsit 		mītiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas mīt mita mitīs lai mīt
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present mītot Present Active 1 (Adj.) mītošs
Past esot mitis Present Active 2 (Adv.) mizdams
Future mitīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) mītot
Imperative lai mītot Present Active 4 (Obj.) mītam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active mitis
Present mistu Present Passive mītams
Past būtu mitis Past Passive mists
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jāmīt Infinitive (nenoteiksme) mist
Conjunctive 1 esot jāmīt Negative Infinitive nemist
Conjunctive 2 jāmītot Verbal noun mišana

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

mist

  1. Alternative form of myst (“mist”)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

mist

  1. Alternative form of myst (“mysteries”)

North Frisian[edit]

Noun[edit]

mist m

  1. (Mooring) mist

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. imperative of miste

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. past participle of missa
  2. inflection of mista:
    1. past participle
    2. imperative

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mist m

  1. fog
  2. mist

Declension[edit]

Declension of mist (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mist mistas
accusative mist mistas
genitive mistes mista
dative miste mistum

Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse mistr, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Noun[edit]

mist c

  1. lighter fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)

Usage notes[edit]

Mostly at sea. The more common word for fog is dimma.

Declension[edit]

Declension of mist 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mist misten — —
Genitive mists mistens — —

Related terms[edit]

Participle[edit]

mist

  1. past participle of mista

Verb[edit]

mist

  1. inflection of mista:
    1. imperative
    2. supine

Anagrams[edit]

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