mizë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• myzë

Etymology

From Old Albanian miize, enlarged with -zë, from Proto-Albanian *mūjā, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (compare English midge), variant of *mus- (compare Ancient Greek μυῖᾰ (muîa), Serbo-Croatian muva). A comparison with Old High German mīza (“gnat”), Old English mite (“mite”), Latin minor (“small”) is also possible.

Noun

mizë f (plural miza, definite miza, definite plural mizat)

1. fly
2. (colloquial) runt
3. (colloquial) weak or insignificant person

Declension

Declension of mizë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mizë	miza	miza	mizat
accusative			mizën
dative	mize	mizave	mizës	mizavet
ablative		mizash

Hyponyms

• mizë bletë, mizë e bukur, mizë mjalti (“bee”)
• mizë dhensh (“sheep ked”) (Melophagus ovinus)
• mizë dheu, mizë përdhecke, mizë përdhese, mizë toke, mizë trolli (“ant”) (Gheg)
• mizë e farave (“bean seed fly, corn maggot”) (Delia platura, syn. Phorbia platura)
• mizë gruri (“grain weevil”)
• mizë hesen (“Hessian fly”) (Mayetiola destructor)
• mizë kali (“horsefly, forest fly, horse tick”)
• mizë e lakrës (“cabbage root fly”) (Delia radicum, syn. Phorbia brassicae)
• mizë e mesdheut (“Mediterranean fruit fly”) (Ceratitis capitata)
• mizë e panxharit (“sugar-beet fly”) (Pegomyia betae)
• mizë pashke (“ladybug”)
• mizëplakë (“queen bee”)
• mizë e qepës (“onion fly”) (Hylemya antiqua)
• mizë e qershisë (“fruit fly”) (Rhagoletis cerasi)
• mizë suedeze (“frit fly”) (Oscinella frit)
• mizë e ullirit (“olive fruit fly”) (Bactrocera oleae <= Dacus oleae)

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲizɜ/
• Syllabification: mi‧zë

Preposition

mizë

1. Alternative form of midzë.

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “między”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1], volume 1, page 1025