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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-.
Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Swedish mygga and mygg, Danish myg, Old English mycg (whence Middle English mygga, 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.
Noun
mý n (genitive singular mýs, nominative plural mý)
- (collective) midge, blackfly, midget, gnat
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû).
Noun
mý n
- mu (Greek letter)