muc
Translingual
editSymbol
editmuc
See also
editAromanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.
Noun
editmuc m (plural muts)
Related terms
editIrish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmuc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)
Declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “muc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
Manx
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Noun
editmuc 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
editManx 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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English
editNoun
editmuc
- Alternative form of muk
Romanian
editEtymology
editEither from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).
Noun
editmuc m (plural muci)
Declension
editRelated terms
editNoun
editmuc n (plural mucuri)
Related terms
editSee also
editScottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmuc 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
editScottish 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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Tarifit
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editmuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵛ, plural imucwen, feminine tmuccewt)
Declension
edit- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-3
- Aromanian terms inherited from Latin
- Aromanian terms derived from Latin
- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian nouns
- Aromanian masculine nouns
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- ga:Military
- ga:History
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Pigs
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx lemmas
- Manx nouns
- Manx feminine nouns
- Manx terms with usage examples
- gv:Pigs
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- gd:Female animals
- gd:Pigs
- Tarifit lemmas
- Tarifit nouns
- Tarifit masculine nouns
- rif:Animals