mygg
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.
Noun
mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural mygg, definite plural myggene)
- a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
Usage notes
Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg.The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.
References
- “mygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural myggar, definite plural myggane)
- a mosquito (as above)
Usage notes
Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg.The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.
References
- “mygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
See mygga.
Noun
mygg n (plurale tantum)
- mosquitoes (collective noun for small flying insects of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood); an individual mosquito is called a mygga)
Declension
| Declension of mygg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | - | - | mygg | myggen |
| Genitive | - | - | myggs | myggens |