мошка

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъši. Related to му́ха (múxa).

Pronunciation

  • мо́шка: IPA(key):
  • мошка́: IPA(key):
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Noun

мо́шка (móškaf anim (genitive мо́шки, nominative plural мо́шки, genitive plural мо́шек)

  1. midge (a kind of gnat or gnatlike fly)
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 11”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Ла́сточки лета́ли высоко́; ве́тер совсе́м за́мер; запозда́лые пчё́лы лени́во и сонли́во жужжа́ли в цвета́х сире́ни; мо́шки толкли́сь столбо́м над одино́кою, далеко́ протя́нутою ве́ткою.
      Lástočki letáli vysokó; véter sovsém zámer; zapozdályje pčóly lenívo i sonlívo žužžáli v cvetáx siréni; móški tolklísʹ stolbóm nad odinókoju, dalekó protjánutoju vétkoju.
      The swallows flew high; the wind had quite died down, some late bees hummed lazily among the lilac blossoms, a swarm of midges hung like a cloud over a solitary branch which stood out against the sky.

Declension

Descendants

  • Votic: moškõ

See also

Noun

мошка́ (moškáf inan (genitive мошки́, nominative plural *мошки́, genitive plural *мошо́к)

  1. swarm of midges
    Synonym: мошкара́ (moškará)

Declension

Further reading

  • мошка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru