Noun: mygga
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | mygga |
| Sg. Def. | myggan |
| Pl. Indef. | myggor |
| Pl. Def. | myggorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | myggas |
| Sg. Def. | myggans |
| Pl. Indef. | myggors |
| Pl. Def. | myggornas |
Sample Sentences
-
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)
Nouns inflected like mygga
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. 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-.
2. 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. See: Icelandic Nouns '
mý', Danish Nouns '
myg', Middle English Nouns '
migge', English Nouns '
midge', German Nouns '
Mücke', Latvian Nouns '
muša', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μυῖα', Bulgarian Nouns '
му́ха', Polish Nouns '
mucha', Slovak Nouns '
mucha', Dutch Nouns '
mug'.
Verbs referencing "mygga"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
mygg, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
mygg, Icelandic Nouns
mý.
Translations