mys

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mys"

Translingual

Symbol

mys

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mesmes.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mesmes terms

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mũtja, from Proto-Indo-European *meuɘ (“wet, dirty, to wash”).

Noun

mys m

1. clod (of earth), bread crust

Declension

Declension of mys

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mys	mysi	myse	myset
accusative		mysin
dative	mysi	mysit	myseve	myseve
ablative			mysesh

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “mys”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “mys”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мыс (mys).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪs]

• Audio:

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Noun

mys m inan

1. (geography) cape (headland)

Declension

Declension of mys (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mys	mysy
genitive	mysu	mysů
dative	mysu	mysům
accusative	mys	mysy
vocative	myse	mysy
locative	mysu	mysech
instrumental	mysem	mysy

See also

• ostroh
• předhoří
• stráň
• svah
• úbočí
• útes

Further reading

• “mys”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mys”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mys”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mijs, myis, myse, myys, myzs
• mees, myes (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent); muys (Southern, West Midland)
• mis, myesse, mysz (Northern)

Noun

mys

1. plural of mous
   • c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:

     Wiþ þat ran þere a route · of ratones at ones / And smale mys with hem · mo þen a þousande

     With that a rout of rats ran at once, / and small mice with them; more than a thousand.

Descendants

• English: mice (dialectal meece)
• Middle Scots: mise, myce
  • Scots: mice

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myːs/

Noun

mȳs

1. inflection of mūs:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Descendants

• Middle English: mys, mijs, myis, myse, myys, myzs, mees, myes (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent), muys (Southern, West Midland), mis, myesse, mysz (Northern)
  • English: mice (dialectal meece)
  • Middle Scots: mise, myce
    • Scots: mice

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myːs/
• Rhymes: -yːs

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mysa.

Noun

mys n

1. coziness

Declension

Declension of mys

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mys	mys
	definite	myset	mysets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• fredagsmys
• mysbyxor
• mysdress
• myshörna
• myskram
• mysoverall
• myspys
• mysrum
• myssoffa
• myströja

See also

• gemyt
• trivsel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mys

1. imperative of mysa

References

• “mys”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mys”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɨːs/
• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /miːs/

Noun

mys

1. nasal mutation of bys

Mutation

Mutated forms of bys

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bys	fys	mys	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.