mucha

See also: Mucha, muchą, much'a, and múcha

Japanese

Romanization

mucha

1. Rōmaji transcription of むちゃ

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Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Noun

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

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Lower Sorbian

mucha

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuxa/

Noun

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mucha	muše	muchy
Genitive	muchy	muchowu	muchow
Dative	muše	muchoma	mucham
Accusative	muchu	muše	muchy
Instrumental	muchu	muchoma	muchami
Locative	muše	muchoma	muchach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mucha”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “mucha”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

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Old Czech

Noun

mucha f

1. Alternative form of múcha

Declension

Declension (pattern žena)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mucha	mušě (muše)	muchy
genitive	muchy	muchú (muchou)	much
dative	mušě (muše)	muchama, muchoma	muchám
accusative	muchu	mušě (muše)	muchy
vocative	mucho	mušě (muše)	muchy
locative	mušě (muše)	muchú (muchou)	muchách
instrumental	muchú (muchou)	muchama, muchoma	muchami

Further reading

• “mucha”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish muchacho (“boy”) and Spanish muchacha (“girl”).

Note: In Papiamentu mucha homber is a boy, mucha muhe is a girl.

Noun

mucha

1. child (young person)

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Polish

mucha

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.xa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha

Noun

mucha f (diminutive muszka, augmentative muszysko)

1. fly
2. bow-tie

Declension

Declension of mucha

	singular	plural
nominative	mucha	muchy
genitive	muchy	much
dative	musze	muchom
accusative	muchę	muchy
instrumental	muchą	muchami
locative	musze	muchach
vocative	mucho	muchy

Derived terms

• muchołówka
• muchomor
• muchowaty
• muchówka
• muszy

 

Related terms

• mszyca

 

Further reading

• mucha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mucha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuxa]

Noun

mucha f (genitive singular muchy, nominative plural muchy, genitive plural múch, declension pattern of žena)

1. fly

Declension

Declension of mucha

	singular	plural
nominative	mucha	muchy
genitive	muchy	múch
dative	muche	muchám
accusative	muchu	muchy
locative	muche	muchách
instrumental	muchou	muchami

Derived terms

• mušací, muší, mušisko, muška

Further reading

• mucha in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut͡ʃa/ [ˈmu.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Hyphenation: mu‧cha

Determiner

mucha f sg

1. feminine singular of mucho

Pronoun

mucha m

1. feminine singular of mucho

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Noun

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mucha	muše	muchi
Genitive	muchi	muchow	muchow
Dative	muše	muchomaj	mucham
Accusative	muchu	muše	muchi
Instrumental	muchu	muchomaj	muchami
Locative	muše	muchomaj	muchach
Vocative	mucha	muše	muchi

Further reading

• mucha in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik

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Yola

Alternative forms

• muche, much

Etymology

From Middle English muche, muchel, from Old English myċel, miċel, from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz.

Adjective

mucha

1. big, much

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 57