myg

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mują, *mugjǭ, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish mygg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /myɡ/, [myɡ̊]

NounEdit

myg c (singular definite myggen, plural indefinite myg)

1. mosquito
2. midge
3. gnat

InflectionEdit

Declension of myg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	myg	myggen	myg	myggene
genitive	mygs	myggens	mygs	myggenes

Further readingEdit

• “myg,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Myg,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• myg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse mjúkr (“soft, meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /myː/, [myːˀ]

AdjectiveEdit

myg

1. supple, lissome
2. pliant

InflectionEdit

Inflection of myg
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	myg	—	—2
Neuter singular	mygt	—	—2
Plural	myge	—	—2
Definite attributive1	myge	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related termsEdit

• udmyg

Further readingEdit

• “myg,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “myg,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog