See also: mota, möta, and mô tả

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From mót (form, model, mould) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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móta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mótaði, supine mótað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to form, to mould, to model

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • mótun (forming, moulding)

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (mound, embankment), from Medieval Latin mota (mound, fortified height), probably of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (mud, peat, bog, turf), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (dirt, filth, mud, swamp), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (dark, dirty).

Noun

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móta m (genitive singular móta, nominative plural mótaí)

  1. moat (defensive ditch)
    Synonym: díog
  2. mound, dike
  3. mulch (shredded matter for covering the soil)
  4. heavy clay

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
móta mhóta not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ móta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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