myg

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mują, *mugjǭ, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish mygg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /myɡ/, [myɡ̊]

Noun

myg c (singular definite myggen, plural indefinite myg)

  1. mosquito
  2. midge
  3. gnat
Inflection
Declension of myg
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative myg myggen myg myggene
genitive mygs myggens mygs myggenes
Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mjúkr (“soft, meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /myː/, [myːˀ]

Adjective

myg

  1. supple, lissome
  2. pliant
Inflection
Inflection of myg
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular myg — —2
Neuter singular mygt — —2
Plural myge — —2
Definite attributive1 myge — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
  • udmyg
Further reading
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