mucha

See also: Mucha, muchą, much'a, and múcha

Japanese

Romanization

mucha

1. Rōmaji transcription of むちゃ

Lower Sorbian

mucha

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.xa/
• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha

Noun

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mucha	muše	muchy
Genitive	muchy	muchowu	muchow
Dative	muše	muchoma	mucham
Accusative	muchu	muše	muchy
Instrumental	muchu	muchoma	muchami
Locative	muše	muchoma	muchach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mucha”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “mucha”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmuxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmuxa/

Noun

mucha f

1. alternative form of múcha

Declension

Declension of mucha (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mucha	mušě	muchy
genitive	muchy	muchú	much
dative	mušě	muchama	muchám
accusative	muchu	mušě	muchy
vocative	mucho	mušě	muchy
locative	mušě	muchú	muchách
instrumental	muchú	muchama	muchami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “mucha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish muchacho (“boy”) and Spanish muchacha (“girl”).

Note: In Papiamentu mucha homber is a boy, mucha muhe is a girl.

Noun

mucha

1. child (young person)

Polish

mucha sense 1

mucha sense 2

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Balto-Slavic *máušāˀ

Proto-Slavic *mùxa

Polish mucha

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.xa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Ostróda) IPA^(key): [ˈmu.xa]
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈmu.xa]

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha
• Homophone: Mucha

Noun

mucha f (diminutive muszka, augmentative muszysko, related adjective muszy)

2. fly (any insect of the order Diptera)
4. bow-tie (necktie shaped like a bow)
5. (Far Masovian) spirit in the branch of an elder bush
6. (Ostróda) pith (core of a tree)

   Synonym: rdzeń

Declension

Declension of mucha

	singular	plural
nominative	mucha	muchy
genitive	muchy	much
dative	musze	muchom
accusative	muchę	muchy
instrumental	muchą	muchami
locative	musze	muchach
vocative	mucho	muchy

Derived terms

adjectives

• muchowaty

nouns

• burczymucha
• muchołówka
• muchomor
• muchówka

phrases

• mucha nie siada

Related terms

nouns

• mszyca

Further reading

• “mucha”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mucha”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• mucha in PWN's encyclopedia
• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909), “mucha”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 207
• Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “mucha”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 390

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muxa/, [ˈmuxa]
• Rhymes: -uxa
• Hyphenation: mu‧cha

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

mucha f (relational adjective mušací or muší, diminutive muška, augmentative mušisko)

1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	mucha	muchy
genitive	muchy	múch
dative	muche	muchám
accusative	muchu	muchy
locative	muche	muchách
instrumental	muchou	muchami

Derived terms

nouns

• mušisko
• muška

Further reading

• “mucha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut͡ʃa/ [ˈmu.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha

Determiner

mucha f sg

1. feminine singular of mucho

Pronoun

mucha m

1. feminine singular of mucho

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.xa/
• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha

Noun

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of mucha (feminine velar stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mucha	muše	muchi
genitive	muchi	muchow	muchow
dative	muše	muchomaj	mucham
accusative	muchu	muše	muchi
instrumental	muchu	muchomaj	muchami
locative	muše	muchomaj	muchach
vocative	mucha	muše	muchi

Further reading

• “mucha”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “mucha” in Soblex

Yola

Alternative forms

• muche, much

Etymology

From Middle English muche, muchel, from Old English myċel, miċel, from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz. The unetymological /ә/ was inserted when between consonants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊt͡ʃə/, /mʊt͡ʃ/

Adjective

mucha

1. big, much
   • 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 27:

     Mucha boagher.

     A big or high road.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:

     Mucha whithel.

     A winnowing sheet.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:

     Th' mucha zea sthroan.

     The great sea-strand.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, pages 57, 27, 78, 80