mizë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• myzë

Etymology

From Old Albanian miize, enlarged with -zë, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *mūjā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *muH- (compare English midge), variant of *mus- (compare Ancient Greek μυι̃α (muĩa), 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)

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

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 (Gheg) ‘ant’
• mizë e farave ‘bean seed fly, corn maggot’ (, syn. )
• mizë gruri ‘grain weevil’
• mizë hesen ‘Hessian fly’ ()
• mizë kali ‘horsefly, forest fly, horse tick’
• mizë e lakrës ‘cabbage root fly’ (, syn. )
• mizë e mesdheut ‘Mediterranean fruit fly’ ()
• mizë e panxharit ‘sugar-beet fly’ ()
• mizë pashke ‘ladybug’
• mizëplakë ‘queen bee’
• mizë e qepës ‘onion fly’ ()
• mizë e qershisë ‘fruit fly’ ()
• mizë suedeze ‘frit fly’ ()
• mizë e ullirit ‘olive fruit fly’ ( <= )