miģele

See also: miģelē

Latvian

Etymology

Apparently a borrowing from a Germanic language (compare English midge, German Mücke, German Low German Mügg, Mügge, Dutch Low Saxon mugge).

Pronunciation

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Noun

miģele f (5th declension)

  1. midge, midget (small insects of the order Diptera (family: Ceratopogonidae) that suck blood and resemble flies)
    pie assinssūcējiem divspārņiem pieder odi, knišļi, miģeles, mušas un dunduri ― to the bloodsucking diptera belong: mosquitos, blackflies, midges, flies, and horseflies

Declension

Declension of miģele (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative miģele miģeles
genitive miģeles miģeļu
dative miģelei miģelēm
accusative miģeli miģeles
instrumental miģeli miģelēm
locative miģelē miģelēs
vocative miģele miģeles

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