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

• mygg is often used as a mass noun and alternative to myggor.

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
• myggsommar
• 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
present participle		myggande
past participle		myggad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “mygga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mygga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mygga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH