мышца

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mỳšь (“mouse”) (referring to the mouse-like appearance of a flexing muscle), from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. For semantic development, compare to Latin mūsculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”) and Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɨʂt͡sə]

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Noun

мы́шца • (mýšca) f inan (genitive мы́шцы, nominative plural мы́шцы, genitive plural мышц, relational adjective мы́шечный)

1. muscle

   Synonym: му́скул (múskul)

Declension

Declension of мы́шца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мы́шца mýšca	мы́шцы mýšcy
genitive	мы́шцы mýšcy	мы́шц mýšc
dative	мы́шце mýšce	мы́шцам mýšcam
accusative	мы́шцу mýšcu	мы́шцы mýšcy
instrumental	мы́шцей, мы́шцею mýšcej, mýšceju	мы́шцами mýšcami
prepositional	мы́шце mýšce	мы́шцах mýšcax

Pre-reform declension of мы́шца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мы́шца mýšca	мы́шцы mýšcy
genitive	мы́шцы mýšcy	мы́шцъ mýšc
dative	мы́шцѣ mýšcě	мы́шцамъ mýšcam
accusative	мы́шцу mýšcu	мы́шцы mýšcy
instrumental	мы́шцей, мы́шцею mýšcej, mýšceju	мы́шцами mýšcami
prepositional	мы́шцѣ mýšcě	мы́шцахъ mýšcax

Derived terms

• подмы́шка f (podmýška)

Related terms

• мышь f anim (myšʹ)
• мы́щелок m (mýščelok)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress