miģele
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See also: miģelē
Latvian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Biting_Midge.png/200px-Biting_Midge.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ceratopogonidae.male.jpg/175px-Ceratopogonidae.male.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Apparently a borrowing from a Germanic language (compare English midge, German Mücke, German Low German Mügg, Mügge, Dutch Low Saxon mugge).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]miģele f (5th declension)
- midge, midget (small insects of the order Diptera (family: Ceratopogonidae) that suck blood and resemble flies)
- pie assinssūcējiem divspārņiem pieder odi, knišļi, miģeles, mušas un dunduri ― to the bloodsucking diptera belong: mosquitos, blackflies, midges, flies, and horseflies
Declension
[edit]Declension of miģele (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | miģele | miģeles |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | miģeli | miģeles |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | miģeles | miģeļu |
dative (datīvs) | miģelei | miģelēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | miģeli | miģelēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | miģelē | miģelēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | miģele | miģeles |