molt
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)
Noun edit
molt (plural molts)
References edit
- molt in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
molt
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
molt
Noun edit
molt m (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin molitus. Compare Occitan mòut.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)
- past participle of moldre
References edit
- “molt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “molt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “molt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “molt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish molt (“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /mˠɞl̪ˠh/[1]; IPA(key): /mˠɔl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /mˠɔl̪ˠh/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠɔl̪ˠt̪ˠ/[3]
Noun edit
molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)
- wether
- (figuratively) sulky, morose person
Declension edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
molt | mholt | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 89
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “molt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.
Adjective edit
molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)
Declension edit
Adverb edit
molt (invariable)
- very, a lot, a great deal
- 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
- A Abevile ot un bouchier,
Que si voison orent molt chier.- In Abbeville there was a butcher,
Held in high esteem by his neighbors.
- In Abbeville there was a butcher,
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- French: moult
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (molt)
- mut on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)
Declension edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | molt | moltL | muiltL |
Vocative | muilt | moltL | moltuH |
Accusative | moltN | moltL | moltuH |
Genitive | muiltL | molt | moltN |
Dative | moltL | moltaib | moltaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
molt also mmolt after a proclitic |
molt pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “molt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Noun edit
molt m
- Alternative form of mult