muva

мува

mùva · /mǔʋa/ · fem.

NOUN

(insect) fly

Zatvori prozor, ulaze muve. — Close the window, flies are getting in.

Muva mi stalno sleće na tanjir. — A fly keeps landing on my plate.

Muva is usual in Serbia; muha is also an accepted Serbian variant (chiefly ijekavian) and the usual Croatian form.

Expressions

ubiti dve muve jednim udarcem — to kill two birds with one stone

Svratila sam u banku usput i ubila dve muve jednim udarcem. — I stopped by the bank on the way and killed two birds with one stone.
praviti od muve slona — to make a mountain out of a molehill

Ne pravi od muve slona, nije ništa strašno. — Don't make a mountain out of a molehill, it's no big deal.
padati kao muve — to drop like flies

Od gripa su đaci padali kao muve. — The pupils were dropping like flies from the flu.

Declension, fem.

AI Updated 23 October 2026