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 (neuter)

	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

• mýbit
• mýfluga
• mýmargur
• Mývatn

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû).

Noun

mý n (genitive singular mýs, nominative plural mý)

1. mu (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of mý (neuter)

	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