miģele

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: miģelē

Latvian

[edit]
Miģele
Miģele

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]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

miģele f (5th declension)

  1. 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 dundurito the bloodsucking diptera belong: mosquitos, blackflies, midges, flies, and horseflies

Declension

[edit]

See also

[edit]