muša
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) mūsa
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [muʃa]
Audio: (file)
Noun
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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | muša | mušas |
| genitive | mušas | mušu |
| dative | mušai | mušām |
| accusative | mušu | mušas |
| instrumental | mušu | mušām |
| locative | mušā | mušās |
| vocative | muša | mušas |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “muša”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmʊʃɐ]
Verb
mùša