mucha

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See also: Mucha, muchą, much'a, and múcha

Japanese

Romanization

mucha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of むちゃ

Lower Sorbian

mucha

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

Noun

mucha f animal

  1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mucha muše muchy
Genitive muchy muchowu muchow
Dative muše muchoma mucham
Accusative muchu muše muchy
Instrumental muchu muchoma muchami
Locative muše muchoma muchach

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mucha”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mucha”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

Old Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

mucha f

  1. Alternative form of múcha

Declension

Declension of mucha (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative mucha mušě muchy
genitive muchy muchú much
dative mušě muchama muchám
accusative muchu mušě muchy
vocative mucho mušě muchy
locative mušě muchú muchách
instrumental muchú muchama muchami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish muchacho (“boy”) and Spanish muchacha (“girl”).

Note: In Papiamentu mucha homber is a boy, mucha muhe is a girl.

Noun

mucha

  1. child (young person)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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mucha (#1)
mucha (#2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.xa/
  • Audio 1(file)
  • Audio 2(file)
  • Rhymes: -uxa
  • Syllabification: mu‧cha
  • Homophone: Mucha

Noun

mucha f (diminutive muszka, augmentative muszysko, related adjective muszy)

  1. fly (any insect of the order Diptera)
  2. bow-tie (necktie shaped like a bow)

Declension

Declension of mucha
singular plural
nominative mucha muchy
genitive muchy much
dative musze muchom
accusative muchę muchy
instrumental muchą muchami
locative musze muchach
vocative mucho muchy

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Related terms

noun

Further reading

  • mucha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mucha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

Noun

mucha f (genitive singular muchy, nominative plural muchy, genitive plural múch, declension pattern of žena)

  1. fly

Declension

Declension of mucha
singular plural
nominative mucha muchy
genitive muchy múch
dative muche muchám
accusative muchu muchy
locative muche muchách
instrumental muchou muchami

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • “mucha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmut͡ʃa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -utʃa
  • Syllabification: mu‧cha

Determiner

mucha f sg

  1. feminine singular of mucho

Pronoun

mucha m

  1. feminine singular of mucho

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Noun

mucha f

  1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha
singular dual plural
nominative mucha muše muchi
genitive muchi muchow muchow
dative muše muchomaj mucham
accusative muchu muše muchi
instrumental muchu muchomaj muchami
locative muše muchomaj muchach
vocative mucha muše muchi

Further reading

  • mucha in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English muche, muchel, from Old English myċel, miċel, from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz. The unetymological <-a> /-ә/ was inserted to separate consonants.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊt͡ʃə/, /mʊt͡ʃ/

Adjective

mucha

  1. big, much
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 27:
      Mucha boagher.
      A big or high road.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
      Mucha whithel.
      A winnowing sheet.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:
      Th' mucha zea sthroan.
      The great sea-strand.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57
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