miģele
See also: miģelē
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Apparently a borrowing from a Germanic language (compare English midge, German Mücke, German Low German Mügg, Mügge, Dutch Low Saxon mugge).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
miģele f (5th declension)
- midge, midget (small insects of the order Diptera (family: Ceratopogonidae) that suck blood and resemble flies)
- pie assinssūcējiem divspārņiem pieder odi, knišļi, miģeles, mušas un dunduri ― to the bloodsucking diptera belong: mosquitos, blackflies, midges, flies, and horseflies
Declension edit
Declension of miģele (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | miģele | miģeles |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | miģeli | miģeles |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | miģeles | miģeļu |
| dative (datīvs) | miģelei | miģelēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | miģeli | miģelēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | miģelē | miģelēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | miģele | miģeles |