mizë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- myzë
Etymology
From Old Albanian miize, enlarged with -zë, from Proto-Albanian *mūjā, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (compare English midge), variant of *mus- (compare Ancient Greek μυῖᾰ (muîa), Serbo-Croatian muva). A comparison with Old High German mīza (“gnat”), Old English mite (“mite”), Latin minor (“small”) is also possible.
Noun
mizë f (plural miza, definite miza, definite plural mizat)
- fly
- (colloquial) runt
- (colloquial) weak or insignificant person
Declension
Hyponyms
- mizë bletë, mizë e bukur, mizë mjalti (“bee”)
- mizë dhensh (“sheep ked”) (Melophagus ovinus)
- mizë dheu, mizë përdhecke, mizë përdhese, mizë toke, mizë trolli (“ant”) (Gheg)
- mizë e farave (“bean seed fly, corn maggot”) (Delia platura, syn. Phorbia platura)
- mizë gruri (“grain weevil”)
- mizë hesen (“Hessian fly”) (Mayetiola destructor)
- mizë kali (“horsefly, forest fly, horse tick”)
- mizë e lakrës (“cabbage root fly”) (Delia radicum, syn. Phorbia brassicae)
- mizë e mesdheut (“Mediterranean fruit fly”) (Ceratitis capitata)
- mizë e panxharit (“sugar-beet fly”) (Pegomyia betae)
- mizë pashke (“ladybug”)
- mizëplakë (“queen bee”)
- mizë e qepës (“onion fly”) (Hylemya antiqua)
- mizë e qershisë (“fruit fly”) (Rhagoletis cerasi)
- mizë suedeze (“frit fly”) (Oscinella frit)
- mizë e ullirit (“olive fruit fly”) (Bactrocera oleae <= Dacus oleae)
Kashubian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmizɜ/
- Syllabification: mi‧zë
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