москит

Russian

Etymology

Several steps omitting from Latin musca + -ittus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈskʲit]

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Noun

моски́т • (moskít) m anim (genitive моски́та, nominative plural моски́ты, genitive plural моски́тов, relational adjective моски́тный)

1. sandfly, phlebotomine (any fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae)
2. (rare) mosquito, gnat

   Synonym: кома́р (komár)

3. P-270 Moskit (Soviet supersonic ramjet powered anti-ship cruise missile)

Declension

Declension of моски́т (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	моски́т moskít	моски́ты moskíty
genitive	моски́та moskíta	моски́тов moskítov
dative	моски́ту moskítu	моски́там moskítam
accusative	моски́та moskíta	моски́тов moskítov
instrumental	моски́том moskítom	моски́тами moskítami
prepositional	моски́те moskíte	моски́тах moskítax

Related terms

Native

• мо́шка f anim (móška)
• му́ха f anim (múxa)

Borrowed

Derived from Latin musca:

• мушке́т m (muškét)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: מאָסקיט (moskit)

References

• Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “москит”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 323
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “москит”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “москит”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.