mý

See also my, m’y, .my, My, Mỹ, and MY

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /miː/

  Rhymes: -iː

  Homophones: mí

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”).

Cognates include the Old English mycg/mycge (whence Middle English mygga, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian муха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muia); Ukranian муха (múxa); Bulgarian муха (múxa); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

Noun

mý n. (genitive singular mýs, plural mý)

1. (collective) midge, blackfly, midget, gnat

Declension

declension of mý

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mý	mýið	mý	mýin
accusative	mý	mýið	mý	mýin
dative	mýi	mýinu	mýjum	mýjunum
genitive	mýs	mýsins	mýja	mýjanna

Derived terms

• mýbit
• mýfluga
• mýmargur
• Mývatn

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μῦ.

Noun

mý n.

1. mu (Greek letter)

Declension

declension of mý

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mý	mýið	mý	mýin
accusative	mý	mýið	mý	mýin
dative	mýi	mýinu	mýjum	mýjunum
genitive	mýs	mýsins	mýja	mýjanna