Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (gnat), diminutive of mosca (fly), from Latin musca (fly), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (fly, stinging fly, gnat).

Noun

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muiscít f (genitive singular muiscíte, nominative plural muiscítí)

  1. mosquito

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muiscít mhuiscít not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.