mucha

mucha

1. Rōmaji transcription of むちゃ

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuxa/

mucha f animal

1. fly (insect)

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mucha”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mucha”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmuxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmuxa/

mucha f

1. Alternative form of múcha

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “mucha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

From Spanish muchacho (“boy”) and Spanish muchacha (“girl”).

Note: In Papiamentu mucha homber is a boy, mucha muhe is a girl.

mucha

1. child (young person)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.xa/

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• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha
• Homophone: Mucha

mucha f (diminutive muszka, augmentative muszysko, related adjective muszy)

1. fly (any insect of the order Diptera)
2. bow-tie (necktie shaped like a bow)

• mucha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mucha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuxa]

mucha f (genitive singular muchy, nominative plural muchy, genitive plural múch, declension pattern of žena)

1. fly

• “mucha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut͡ʃa/ [ˈmu.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha

mucha f sg

1. feminine singular of mucho

mucha m

1. feminine singular of mucho

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

• mucha in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik

• muche, much

From Middle English muche, muchel, from Old English myċel, miċel, from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz. The unetymological <-a> /-ә/ was inserted to separate consonants.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊt͡ʃə/, /mʊt͡ʃ/

mucha

1. big, much
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 27:

     Mucha boagher.

     A big or high road.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:

     Mucha whithel.

     A winnowing sheet.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:

     Th' mucha zea sthroan.

     The great sea-strand.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57