myg

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mują, *mugjǭ, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish mygg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myɡ/, [myɡ̊]

Noun

myg c (singular definite myggen, plural indefinite myg)

1. mosquito
2. midge
3. gnat

Inflection

Declension of myg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	myg	myggen	myg	myggene
genitive	mygs	myggens	mygs	myggenes

Further reading

• “myg,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Myg,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• myg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mjúkr (“soft, meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myː/, [myːˀ]

Adjective

myg

1. supple, lissome
2. pliant

Inflection

Inflection of myg
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	myg	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	mygt	—	—2
Plural	myge	—	—2
Definite attributive1	myge	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

• udmyg

Further reading

• “myg,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “myg,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog