muša
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (dialectal form) mūsa
Etymology
[edit]Via an intermediate form *musya, from Proto-Baltic *mūs-, from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mu- (“fly, insect”) with an extra s.
Cognates include Lithuanian mùsė, dialectal musià, Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), Russian муха (muxa), Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa) (< *müsya), Latin musca, Old Armenian մուն (mun), Proto-Germanic *mūją, *muwī (“midge”) (English midge, German Mücke, Dutch mug, Swedish mygg, Icelandic mý).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]muša f (4th declension)
- fly (small two-winged insect, belonging to the order Diptera, especially family Muscidae)
- istabas, mājas muša ― room, house fly (= housefly)
- gaļas muša ― meat fly (= blowfly)
- mēslu muša ― dung fly
- cece muša ― tsetse fly
- mušu kāpuri ― fly larvae
Declension
[edit]Declension of muša (4th declension)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “muša”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mùša
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