mucha

mucha

1. Rōmaji transcription of むちゃ

From Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

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

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

• 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

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

mucha f

1. alternative form of múcha

• 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

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

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

mucha

1. child (young person)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

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

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

• “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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

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

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

1. fly (insect)

• “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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut͡ʃa/ [ˈmu.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: mu‧cha

mucha f sg

1. feminine singular of mucho

mucha m

1. feminine singular of mucho

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

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

mucha f

1. fly (insect)

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

• muche, much

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊt͡ʃə/, /mʊt͡ʃ/

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.

• 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