муха

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *muxa, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-, *mus-, *mew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈxa/

Noun

муха́ • (muhá) f

1. fly
2. cockabondy, cockabundy

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *muxa, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-, *mus-, *mew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuxə]

• Audio

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Noun

му́ха • (múxa) f anim (genitive му́хи, nominative plural му́хи, genitive plural мух)

1. fly (insect)

   мухи дохнут ― muxi doxnut ― you could die of boredom

   быть под мухой ― bytʹ pod muxoj ― be mellow; be tight; be under the sauce

   как мухи на мёд ― kak muxi na mjód ― like wasps around jam

   делать из мухи слона ― delatʹ iz muxi slona ― make a mountain out of a molehill

   как сонная муха ― kak sonnaja muxa ― like a sleepy fly

   какая муха его укусила? ― kakaja muxa jevo ukusila? ― what's got into him?; what's bitten him?

   до белых мух ― do belyx mux ― till snow falls

   он и мухи не обидит ― on i muxi ne obidit ― he wouldn't hurt a fly

   слышно, как муха пролетит ― slyšno, kak muxa proletit ― one could hear a pin drop

   считать мух ― sčitatʹ mux ― to gape

   они мрут как мухи ― oni mrut kak muxi ― they drop like flies

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *muxa, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-, *mus-, *mew-.

Noun

муха́ • (muxá) f

1. fly
2. cockabondy, cockabundy

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia) му̀ва

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *muxa, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-, *mus-, *mew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǔxa/
• Hyphenation: му‧ха

Noun

му̀ха f (Latin spelling mùha)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) fly (insect)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *muxa, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-, *mus-, *mew-.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

му́ха • (múxa) f anim (genitive му́хи, nominative plural му́хи)

1. fly (insect)

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “муха”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka