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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English emotion, from French émotion, from émouvoir (excite) based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (move out, move away, remove, stir up, agitate), from ē- (out) (variant of ex-), and moveō (move).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

múisiam m (genitive singular múisiam, nominative plural múisiamaí)

  1. upset, mental disturbance
    múisiam air.He is upset.
  2. peevishness, pique
  3. feeling of sickness, nausea, revulsion
    Chuirfeadh an bia úd múisiam ar muc.That food would turn a pig's stomach.
  4. heaviness, dullness, drowsiness

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Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

Further reading edit