muša

See also: musa, Musa, musā, mūsā, mūsa, and mušā

Latvian

Istabas muša

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) mūsa

Etymology

Via an intermediate form *musya, from Proto-Baltic *mūs-, from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mu- (“fly, insect”) with an extra s.

Cognates include Lithuanian mùsė, dialectal musià, Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), Russian муха (muxa), Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa) (< *müsya), Latin musca, Old Armenian մուն (mun), Proto-Germanic *mūją, *muwī (“midge”) (English midge, German Mücke, Dutch mug, Swedish mygg, Icelandic mý).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʃa]

• Audio:

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Noun

muša f (4th declension)

1. fly (small two-winged insect, belonging to the order Diptera, especially family Muscidae)

   istabas, mājas muša ― room, house fly (= housefly)

   gaļas muša ― meat fly (= blowfly)

   mēslu muša ― dung fly

   cece muša ― tsetse fly

   mušu kāpuri ― fly larvae

Declension

Declension of muša (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	muša	mušas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	mušu	mušas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	mušas	mušu
dative (datīvs)	mušai	mušām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	mušu	mušām
locative (lokatīvs)	mušā	mušās
vocative (vokatīvs)	muša	mušas

Derived terms

• mēslu muša

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʊʃɐ]

Verb

mùša

1. third-person singular present of mušti
2. third-person plural present of mušti