molt
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)
NounEdit
molt (plural molts)
ReferencesEdit
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “molt”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
molt
- (rare) simple past tense of melt
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin multus.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)
Derived termsEdit
AdverbEdit
molt
NounEdit
molt m (uncountable)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
molt m (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)
- (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of mòlt (“ground”)
Further readingEdit
- “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.
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish molt (“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *molto- (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).
NounEdit
molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)
- wether
- (figuratively) sulky, morose person
DeclensionEdit
MutationEdit
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. |
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.
AdjectiveEdit
molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)
DeclensionEdit
AdverbEdit
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,
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- French: moult
ReferencesEdit
- 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 IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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 readingEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “molt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish GaelicEdit
NounEdit
molt m
- Alternative form of mult