mushicë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Orel, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *mušica (see Serbo-Croatian mušica).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muˈʃit͡sə/
  • Rhymes: -it͡sə
  • Hyphenation: mu‧shí‧cë

Noun

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mushicë f (plural mushica, definite mushica, definite plural mushicat)

  1. (chiefly) midge, gnat
    Synonym: harrje
  2. plant-louse, aphid
  3. tree louse

Declension

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Declension of mushicë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mushicë mushica mushica mushicat
accusative mushicën
dative mushice mushicës mushicave mushicave
ablative mushicash

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mushicë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 279

Further reading

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  • “mushicë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “mushicë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mushícë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 301
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