mygga
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A mosquito, aedes aegypti, biting a human 
A man, John Kasich, with a small microphone (mygga) attached to his shirt
Swedish
Etymology
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-.
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
mygga c
- A 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 mosquito bite
- Mygghonor suger blod
- Female mosquitoes suck blood
- Myggor inar
- Mosquitoes make a high-pitched buzzing sound
- (somewhat colloquial) A lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on clothing.
Usage notes
- As a mass noun, mygg is common.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mygga | myggas |
| definite | myggan | myggans | |
| plural | indefinite | myggor | myggors |
| definite | myggorna | myggornas |
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Verb
mygga (present myggar, preterite myggade, supine myggat, imperative mygga)
- (colloquial) to attach a small microphone to someone
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mygga | myggas | ||
| supine | myggat | myggats | ||
| imperative | mygga | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | myggen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | myggar | myggade | myggas | myggades |
| ind. plural1 | mygga | myggade | myggas | myggades |
| subjunctive2 | mygge | myggade | mygges | myggades |
| present participle | myggande | |||
| past participle | myggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.