Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”).
Noun
muiscít f (genitive singular muiscíte, nominative plural muiscítí)
- mosquito
Declension
Declension of muiscít (second declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of muiscít
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mhuiscít
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.