myš

See also: mys, MYS, and myś

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech myš, from Proto-Slavic *myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪʃ]

Noun

myš f (related adjective myší)

1. mouse (animal)

   šedá myš ― inconspicuous person who doesn't attract a lot of attention (literally, “gray mouse”)

   chudý jak kostelní myš ― as poor as a church mouse

   Ani myš by neproklouzla. ― Not even a mouse could get through.

2. (computing) mouse (input device)

Declension

Declension of myš (mixed i-stem [type 'myš'] feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	myš	myši
genitive	myši	myší
dative	myši	myším
accusative	myš	myši
vocative	myši	myši
locative	myši	myších
instrumental	myší	myšmi

Derived terms

• myšák
• myší
• myška
• žabomyší

 

Further reading

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

Lithuanian

Verb

myš

1. third-person singular/plural future of myžti

Lower Sorbian

myš

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɨʃ/

Noun

myš f (diminutive myška)

1. mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)

   Gaž jo kócor z domu, ga maju myšy swóju wólu.

   When the cat’s away, the mice will play.

Declension

Declension of myš

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	myš	myšy	myšy
Genitive	myšy	myšowu	myšow
Dative	myšy	myšoma	myšam
Accusative	myš	myšy	myšy
Instrumental	myšu	myšoma	myšami
Locative	myšy	myšoma	myšach

Derived terms

• myšecy
• myškowy
• myšojty
• myšyny

References

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “myš_2”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “myš”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *myšь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

myš f

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of myš (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	myš	myši	myši
genitive	myši	myšú	myší
dative	myši	myšma	myšem
accusative	myš	myši	myši
vocative	myši	myši	myši
locative	myši	myšú	myšech
instrumental	myšú	myšma	myšmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: myš

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

myš m (Cyrillic spelling мyш)

1. Obsolete spelling of miš.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *myšь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miʃ]

Noun

myš f (related adjective myší)

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of myš

	singular	plural
nominative	myš	myši
genitive	myši	myší
dative	myši	myšiam
accusative	myš	myši
locative	myši	myšiach
instrumental	myšou	myšami

Further reading

• “myš”, 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, 2024

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪʃ]

Noun

myš f

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of myš

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	myš	myši	myše
genitive	myše	myšow	myšow, myši
dative	myši	myšomaj	myšam
accusative	myš	myši	myše
instrumental	myšu	myšomaj	myšemi
locative	myši	myšomaj	myšach
vocative	myš	myši	myše

Further reading

• myš in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik