mý

See also: Appendix:Variations of "my"

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophone: mí

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-.

Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Swedish mygga and mygg, Danish myg, Old English mycg (whence Middle English mygga, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

Noun

mý n (genitive singular mýs, nominative plural mý)

  1. (collective) midge, blackfly, midget, gnat
Declension
declension of mý
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mý mýið mý mýin
accusative mý mýið mý mýin
dative mýi mýinu mýjum mýjunum
genitive mýs mýsins mýja mýjanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû).

Noun

mý n

  1. mu (Greek letter)
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