mygga

Swedish

A mosquito, aedes aegypti, biting a human

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

Etymology

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mujan, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-. Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Icelandic mý, Danish myg, Old English mycg, mycge (whence Middle English mygga, 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. mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
2. (somewhat colloquial) a small microphone attached to clothing

Usage notes

• As a mass noun, mygg is common.

Declension

Declension of mygga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mygga	myggan	myggor	myggorna
Genitive	myggas	myggans	myggors	myggornas

Verb

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

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