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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъši. Related to му́ха (múxa).
Pronunciation
Noun
мо́шка • (móška) f anim (genitive мо́шки, nominative plural мо́шки, genitive plural мо́шек)
- 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
See also
Noun
мошка́ • (mošká) f inan (genitive мошки́, nominative plural *мошки́, genitive plural *мошо́к)
- swarm of midges
- Synonym: мошкара́ (moškará)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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мошка́ mošká
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*мошки́ *moškí
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genitive
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мошки́ moškí
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*мошо́к *mošók
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dative
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мошке́ mošké
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*мошка́м *moškám
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accusative
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мошку́ moškú
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*мошки́ *moškí
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instrumental
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мошко́й, мошко́ю moškój, moškóju
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*мошка́ми *moškámi
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prepositional
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мошке́ mošké
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*мошка́х *moškáx
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Further reading
- мошка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru