μυῖα

See also: μυία and Μυία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mu-, *mew-, whence also Latin musca, Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), Old Armenian մուն (mun), Albanian mizë, Latvian muša, Old English mycg (English midge).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μυῖᾰ • (muîa) f (genitive μυίᾱς); first declension

  1. a fly (the insect)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: myiasis
  • Greek: μύγα (mýga)
  • Mariupol Greek: мя́на (mjána)
  • Pontic Greek: μυία (myía), μυίγι̮α (myígi̮a), μυιμυίγι̮α (myimyígi̮a)

References

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