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From Middle Low German mügge, from Old Saxon muggia, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mujan, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-.
Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Icelandic mý, Danish myg, Old English myċġ, myċġe (whence Middle English migge, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.
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- A mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood).
bli myggbiten / biten av en mygga
- be bit by a mosquito
ett kliande myggbett
- an itchy [itching] mosquito bite
Mygghonor suger blod
- Female mosquitoes suck blood
Myggor inar
- Mosquitoes make a high-pitched buzzing sound
- (somewhat colloquial) A lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on clothing.
- As a mass noun, mygg is common.
Declension of mygga | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mygga | myggan | myggor | myggorna |
Genitive | myggas | myggans | myggors | myggornas |
mygga (present myggar, preterite myggade, supine myggat, imperative mygga)
- (colloquial) to attach a small microphone to someone