muša

See also: Appendix:Variations of "musa"

Latvian

Istabas muša

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) mūsa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mušjā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *mús-ih₂ ~ *mus-yéh₂-s, from *mus- (“a fly”).

Cognates include Lithuanian mùsė, dialectal musià, Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), Russian му́ха (múxa), Ancient Greek μυῖᾰ (muîă), Latin musca, Old Armenian մուն (mun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuʃːa]

• Audio:

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Noun

muša f (4th declension)

1. fly (small two-winged insect, belonging to the order Diptera, especially family Muscidae)

   istabas, mājas muša ― room, house fly (= housefly)

   gaļas muša ― meat fly (= blowfly)

   mēslu muša ― dung fly

   cece muša ― tsetse fly

   mušu kāpuri ― fly larvae

Declension

Declension of muša (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	muša	mušas
genitive	mušas	mušu
dative	mušai	mušām
accusative	mušu	mušas
instrumental	mušu	mušām
locative	mušā	mušās
vocative	muša	mušas

Derived terms

• mēslu muša

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʊʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ʊʃɐ
• Syllabification: mù‧ša

Verb

mùša

1. third-person singular present of mušti
2. third-person plural present of mušti