/²mʏɡa/
UrsprungFrom 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.
- common-genderA 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
- colloquial, common-genderA lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on clothing.
- colloquialto attach a small microphone to someone
Formermygga(indefinite, nominative, singular) · myggas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · myggan(definite, nominative, singular) · myggans(definite, genitive, singular) · myggor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · myggors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · myggorna(definite, nominative, plural) · myggornas(definite, genitive, plural) · myggar(present) · myggade(preterite) · myggat(supine) · mygga(imperative) · mygga(active, infinitive) · myggas(infinitive, passive) · myggat(active, supine) · myggats(passive, supine) · mygga(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · myggen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)