mizë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• myzë

Etymology

From Old Albanian miize, enlarged with -zë, from Proto-Albanian *mūjā, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (compare English midge), variant of *mus- (compare Ancient Greek μυι̃α (muĩa), Serbo-Croatian muva). A comparison with Old High German mīza (“gnat”), Old English mite (“mite”), Latin minor (“small”) is also possible.

Noun

mizë f (indefinite plural miza, definite singular miza, definite plural mizat)

1. fly
2. (colloquial) runt
3. (colloquial) weak or insignificant person

Declension

declension of mizë

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	mizë	miza		miza	mizat
accusative (kallëzore)	mizë	miza		mizën	mizat
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	mize	mizave		mizës	mizavet
dative (dhanore)	mize	mizave		mizës	mizavet
ablative (rrjedhore)	mize	mizash		mizës	mizavet

Hyponyms

• mizë bletë, mizë e bukur, mizë mjalti ‘bee’
• mizë dhensh ‘sheep ked’ (Melophagus ovinus)
• mizë dheu, mizë përdhecke, mizë përdhese, mizë toke, mizë trolli (Gheg) ‘ant’
• mizë e farave ‘bean seed fly, corn maggot’ (Delia platura, syn. Phorbia platura)
• mizë gruri ‘grain weevil’
• mizë hesen ‘Hessian fly’ (Mayetiola destructor)
• mizë kali ‘horsefly, forest fly, horse tick’
• mizë e lakrës ‘cabbage root fly’ (Delia radicum, syn. Phorbia brassicae)
• mizë e mesdheut ‘Mediterranean fruit fly’ (Ceratitis capitata)
• mizë e panxharit ‘sugar-beet fly’ (Pegomyia betae)
• mizë pashke ‘ladybug’
• mizëplakë ‘queen bee’
• mizë e qepës ‘onion fly’ (Hylemya antiqua)
• mizë e qershisë ‘fruit fly’ (Rhagoletis cerasi)
• mizë suedeze ‘frit fly’ (Oscinella frit)
• mizë e ullirit ‘olive fruit fly’ (Bactrocera oleae <= Dacus oleae)