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muset

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (a hiding place).

Noun

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muset (plural musets)

  1. (obsolete) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
    • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: [] Richard Field, [], →OCLC, lines [679-684]:
      And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,
      Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles
      How he outruns the wind and with what care
      He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:
      The many musets through the which he goes
      Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech musiti, musěti, borrowed from Old High German muozan (German müssen). Cognate with Polish musieć, Ukrainian мусити (musyty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmusɛt]
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Verb

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muset impf

  1. must, to have to

Conjugation

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Conjugation of muset
infinitive muset, museti active adjective musející
verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person musím musíme
2nd person musíš musíte
3rd person musí musejí, musí

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive muset.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate musel museli
masculine inanimate musely
feminine musela
neuter muselo musela
transgressives present past
masculine singular museje
feminine + neuter singular musejíc
plural musejíce

See also

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Further reading

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  • museti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • museti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • muset”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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muset (indefinite singular muset, definite singular and plural musete)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of musete