mysa
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mysa f (genitive singular mysu, uncountable)
Declension edit
| Declension of mysa (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f1s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mysa | mysan |
| accusative | mysu | mysuna |
| dative | mysu | mysuni |
| genitive | mysu | mysunnar |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mysa f (genitive singular mysu, no plural)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1640. From Danish myse (“squint”) and Norwegian myse (“squint”), ultimately related to Greek μύειν (mýein, “to close ones lips/eyes”) and μυωπία (myopía, “near-sightedness; myopia”) and English myopic. Compare myssla (“to whistle; to squeak”, archaic, dialectal).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mysa (present myser, preterite myste or mös, supine myst, imperative mys)
- To be engaged in an activity that is comfortable or pleasurable.
- Katten ligger och myser i solen.
- The cat is lying in the sun, feeling cozy.
- To be comfortable or content with something.
- (archaic) To smile (with only slight movement of the mouth), particularly as a sign of contentedness or comfort.
- c. 1670, anonymous author, Bröllops Beswär, section 177:
- (Då) Handtags i hwar oc en wrå, med mysande liuszögde systrar.
- [And thus] hands are shaken in every corner, with contentedly smiling light-eyed sisters.
- 1835, diaries of Zacharias Topelius, diaries, 2:100
- Sophie Olsson myste på mund, tyckte visst om sig i sin svarta domino.
- Sophie Olsson smiled contentedly and quite liked herself in her black domino.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of mysa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mysa | — | ||
| Supine | myst | — | ||
| Imperative | mys | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mysen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | myser | myste | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | mysa | myste | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | myse | myste | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mysande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||