μύγα
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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek μύγα (múga), μυῖγα (muîga), μύγια (múgia), from Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa).
Pronunciation
Noun
μύγα • (mýga) f (plural μύγες)
- (zoology) fly, housefly (any insect of the order Diptera or Muscidae)
- Για σκέπασε το κρέας, μπας και πλακώσουν μύγες!
- Gia sképase to kréas, bas kai plakósoun mýges!
- Cover up the meat, in case flies swarm onto it!
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μύγα (mýga) | μύγες (mýges) |
| genitive | μύγας (mýgas) | μυγών (mygón) |
| accusative | μύγα (mýga) | μύγες (mýges) |
| vocative | μύγα (mýga) | μύγες (mýges) |
Derived terms
- μυγίτσα f (mygítsa) (diminutive)
- μυγούλα f (mygoúla) (diminutive)
- μυγάκι n (mygáki) (diminutive)
- αλογόμυγα f (alogómyga, “horsefly”)
- κρεατόμυγα f (kreatómyga, “blowfly”)
- σκατόμυγα f (skatómyga, “dung fly”)
- μυγοπαγίδα f (mygopagída, “flytrap”)
- μυγοσκοτώστρα f (mygoskotóstra, “flyswatter”)
- έκανε κι η μύγα κώλο κι έχεσε τον κόσμο όλο (ékane ki i mýga kólo ki échese ton kósmo ólo, “of those who has risen above their station, often in an arrogant manner”, literally “the fly made a (bigger) arse and shat on the entire world”)
- σήκωσε κι η μύγα κώλο να χέσει τον κόσμο όλο (síkose ki i mýga kólo na chései ton kósmo ólo, “of those who has risen above their station, often in an arrogant manner”, literally “the fly raised its arse as if to shit on the entire world”)
Further reading
μύγα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
