musc

See also: mușc

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French musc, borrowed from Late Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).

Noun

musc m (plural muscs)

1. musk

Further reading

• “musc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Alternative forms

• musg (obsolete)

Etymology

From English musk, from Middle English muske, from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).

Noun

musc m (genitive singular muisc)

1. musk (greasy secretion with powerful odour)

Declension

Declension of musc

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative musc Vocative a mhuisc Genitive muisc Dative musc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an musc Genitive an mhuisc Dative leis an musc don mhusc

Derived terms

• musc-chaor
• muscdhamh
• muscfhia
• muscfhíon
• muscfhrancach
• musclacha
• muscrós

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “musc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN