muc
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.
Noun edit
muc m (plural muts)
Related terms edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)
Declension edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muc | mhuc | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “muc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “muc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
Manx edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Noun edit
muc f (genitive singular muickey or muigey, plural mucyn or muckyn or muick)
- pig
- Ta enney ec muc er muc elley. ― Birds of a feather flock together. (literally, “A pig knows another pig.”)
Derived terms edit
- coo muigey (“boarhound”)
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muc | vuc | 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), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English edit
Noun edit
muc
- Alternative form of muk
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Either from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).
Noun edit
muc m (plural muci)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
muc n (plural mucuri)
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See also edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
muc f (genitive singular muice, plural mucan)
Derived terms edit
- creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich (“asparagus”)
- muc-bhiorach (“dolphin or whale”)
- muc-locha (“European perch”)
- muc-mhara (“whale”)
- muicfheòil (“pork”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
muc | mhuc |
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), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Tarifit edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
muc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵛ, plural imucwen, feminine tmuccewt)