myš

See also: mys, MYS, and myś

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech myš, from Proto-Slavic *myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪʃ]

Noun

myš f (relational adjective myší, diminutive myška)

  1. mouse (animal)
    šedá myšinconspicuous person who doesn't attract a lot of attention (literally, “gray mouse”)
    chudý jak kostelní myšas poor as a church mouse
    Ani myš by neproklouzla.Not even a mouse could get through.
  2. (computing) mouse (input device)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

Lithuanian

Verb

myš

  1. third-person singular/plural future of myžti

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨʃ
  • Syllabification: myš

Noun

myš f (diminutive myška)

  1. mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)
    Gaž jo kócor z domu, ga maju myšy swóju wólu.
    When the cat’s away, the mice will play.

Declension

Derived terms

  • myšecy
  • myškowy
  • myšojty
  • myšyny

References

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “myš_2”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “myš”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *myšь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɨʃ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmiʃ/

Noun

myš f

  1. mouse

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: myš

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

myš m anim (Cyrillic spelling мyш)

  1. obsolete spelling of miš

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *myšь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [miʃ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

myš f (relational adjective myší)

  1. mouse

Declension

Declension of myš
(pattern kosť)
singularplural
nominativemyšmyši
genitivemyšimyší
dativemyšimyšiam
accusativemyšmyši
locativemyšimyšiach
instrumentalmyšoumyšami

Further reading

  • myš”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨjʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨjʃ
  • Syllabification: myš

Noun

myš f

  1. mouse

Declension

Further reading

  • myš in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik