mysa
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mysa f (genitive singular mysu, uncountable)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of mysa (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f1s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mysa | mysan |
| accusative | mysu | mysuna |
| dative | mysu | mysuni |
| genitive | mysu | mysunnar |
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mysa f (genitive singular mysu, no plural)
Declension[edit]
declension of mysa
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since 1640. From Danish myse (“squint”) and Norwegian myse (“squint”), ultimately related to Greek μύειν (mýein, “to close ones lips/eyes”) and μυωπία (myopía, “near-sightedness; myopia”) and English myopic. Compare myssla (“to whistle; to squeak”, archaic, dialectal).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mysa (present myser, preterite myste or mös, supine myst, imperative mys)
- To be engaged in an activity that is comfortable or pleasurable.
- Katten ligger och myser i solen.
- The cat is lying in the sun, feeling cozy.
- To be comfortable or content with something.
- (archaic) To smile (with only slight movement of the mouth), particularly as a sign of contentedness or comfort.
- c. 1670, anonymous author, Bröllops Beswär, section 177:
- (Då) Handtags i hwar oc en wrå, med mysande liuszögde systrar.
- [And thus] hands are shaken in every corner, with contentedly smiling light-eyed sisters.
- 1835, diaries of Zacharias Topelius, diaries, 2:100
- Sophie Olsson myste på mund, tyckte visst om sig i sin svarta domino.
- Sophie Olsson smiled contentedly and quite liked herself in her black domino.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of mysa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mysa | — | ||
| Supine | myst | — | ||
| Imperative | mys | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mysen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | myser | myste | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | mysa | myste | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | myse | myste | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mysande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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References[edit]
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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