mushicë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mushiqe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (chiefly) midge, gnat

   Synonym: harrje

2. plant-louse, aphid
3. tree louse

Declension

Declension of mushicë

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

Further reading

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