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).
  2. (somewhat colloquial) A lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on 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.

Further reading
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