muva

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǔʋa/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧va

Noun

mùva f (Cyrillic spelling му̀ва)

  1. (regional Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) fly (insect)
Declension
Declension of muva
singular plural
nominative mùva muve
genitive muve múvā
dative muvi muvama
accusative muvu muve
vocative muvo muve
locative muvi muvama
instrumental muvom muvama

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian muffa.

Alternative forms

Noun

muva f (Cyrillic spelling мува)

  1. wine that has gone bad
Declension
Declension of muva
singular plural
nominative muva muve
genitive muve muva
dative muvi muvama
accusative muvu muve
vocative muvo muve
locative muvi muvama
instrumental muvom muvama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “speech”).[1]

Noun

muva f (Cyrillic spelling мува)

  1. (rare, literary, archaic) noise (various sounds, usually unwanted)[1]
Declension
Declension of muva
singular plural
nominative muva muve
genitive muve muva
dative muvi muvama
accusative muvu muve
vocative muvo muve
locative muvi muvama
instrumental muvom muvama

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maretić, Tomislav (1911), "Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika" Volume VII, p. 183
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