mygga

Swedish

A mosquito, aedes aegypti, biting a human

A man, John Kasich, with a small microphone (mygga) attached to his shirt

Etymology

From Middle Low German mügge, from Old Saxon muggia, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mujan, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-.

Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Icelandic mý, Danish myg, Old English myċġ, myċġe (whence Middle English migge, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mʏɡa/

Noun

mygga c

1. A mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood).

   bli myggbiten / biten av en mygga

   be bit by a mosquito

   ett kliande myggbett

   an itchy [itching] mosquito bite

   Mygghonor suger blod

   Female mosquitoes suck blood

   Myggor inar

   Mosquitoes make a high-pitched buzzing sound

2. (somewhat colloquial) A lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on clothing.

Usage notes

• As a mass noun, mygg is common.

Declension

Declension of mygga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mygga	myggas
	definite	myggan	myggans
plural	indefinite	myggor	myggors
	definite	myggorna	myggornas

Derived terms

• myggfönster
• myggmedel
• myggnät
• myggspray
• myggstift

See also

• broms (“horsefly”)
• knott (“black fly”)

Verb

mygga (present myggar, preterite myggade, supine myggat, imperative mygga)

1. (colloquial) to attach a small microphone to someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of mygga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	mygga		myggas
Supine	myggat		myggats
Imperative	mygga		—
Imper. plural1	myggen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	myggar	myggade	myggas	myggades
Ind. plural1	mygga	myggade	myggas	myggades
Subjunctive2	mygge	myggade	mygges	myggades
	Participles
Present participle	myggande
Past participle	myggad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• mygga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mygga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mygga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH