miggesiftsje

West Frisian

Etymology

From mich (“mosquito”) +‎ -e- +‎ siftsje (“to sift, to strain”), calque of Dutch muggenziften.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪɣəsɪftsjə/

Verb

miggesiftsje

  1. (rare) to nitpick

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive miggesiftsje
3rd singular past miggesifte
past participle miggesifte
infinitive miggesiftsje
long infinitive miggesiftsjen
gerund miggesiftsjen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular miggesiftsje miggesifte
2nd singular miggesiftest miggesiftest
clitic form miggesiftesto miggesiftesto
3rd singular miggesiftet miggesifte
plural miggesiftsje miggesiften
imperative miggesiftsje
participles miggesiftsjend miggesifte

Further reading

  • “miggesiftsje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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