muset
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (“a hiding place”).
Noun[edit]
muset (plural musets)
- (obsolete) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
- 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, →OCLC, lines 679-684:
- And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,
Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles
How he outruns the wind and with what care
He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:
The many musets through the which he goes
Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.
References[edit]
- “muset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Czech musiti, musěti, borrowed from Old High German muozan (German müssen). Cognate with Polish musieć, Ukrainian мусити (musyty).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
muset impf
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation
| Infinitive | muset, museti | Active adjective | musející |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal noun | — | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | musím | musíme | — | — |
| 2nd person | musíš | musíte | — | — |
| 3rd person | musí | musejí, musí | — | — |
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive muset. |
| Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| masculine animate | musel | museli | — | — |
| masculine inanimate | musely | — | ||
| feminine | musela | — | ||
| neuter | muselo | musela | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | museje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | musejíc | — |
| plural | musejíce | — |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- museti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- museti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- muset in Internetová jazyková příručka
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
muset (indefinite singular muset, definite singular and plural musete)
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