muva

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mùha (Bosnia, Croatia)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǔʋa/
• Hyphenation: mu‧va

Noun

mùva f (Cyrillic spelling му̀ва)

1. (regional Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of muva

	singular	plural
nominative	mùva	mȕve
genitive	mùvē	múvā
dative	mùvi	mùvama
accusative	mùvu	mȕve
vocative	mȕvo	mȕve
locative	mùvi	mùvama
instrumental	mùvōm	mùvama

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian muffa.

Alternative forms

• mufa

Noun

muva f (Cyrillic spelling мува)

1. wine that has gone bad

Declension

Declension of muva

	singular	plural
nominative	muva	muve
genitive	muve	muva
dative	muvi	muvama
accusative	muvu	muve
vocative	muvo	muve
locative	muvi	muvama
instrumental	muvom	muvama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “speech”).

Noun

muva f (Cyrillic spelling мува)

1. (rare, literary, archaic) noise (various sounds, usually unwanted)

Declension

Declension of muva

	singular	plural
nominative	muva	muve
genitive	muve	muva
dative	muvi	muvama
accusative	muvu	muve
vocative	muvo	muve
locative	muvi	muvama
instrumental	muvom	muvama

Related terms

• buka