muset

English

Etymology

From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (“a hiding place”).

Noun

muset (plural musets)

1. (obsolete) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
   • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →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

• “muset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• muste, mutes, sumet, u-stem

Czech

Alternative forms

• musit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-der.

Proto-Germanic *mōtaną

Proto-West Germanic *mōtan

Old High German muoȥanbor.

Old Czech musiti

Czech muset

Inherited from Old Czech musiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusɛt]

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Verb

muset impf

1. must

Usage notes

The verb mít followed by the infinitive is used to express a duty or external obligation; to express an internal obligation, muset is used instead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of muset

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

• moci
• smět
• mít

Further reading

• “museti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “museti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “muset”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

muset (indefinite singular muset, definite singular and plural musete)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of musete