muiscít

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”).

Noun

muiscít f (genitive singular muiscíte, nominative plural muiscítí)

1. mosquito

Declension

Declension of muiscít (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muiscít muiscítí vocative a mhuiscít a mhuiscítí genitive muiscíte muiscítí dative muiscít muiscítí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhuiscít na muiscítí genitive na muiscíte na muiscítí dative leis an muiscít don mhuiscít leis na muiscítí

Mutation

Mutated forms of muiscít

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muiscít	mhuiscít	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.