muc
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- mucã
Etymology
From Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.
Noun
muc m (plural muts)
- snot, nasal mucus, snivel
Related terms
- mucoari
- mucos
Irish
Alternative forms
- muic (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠʊk/
Noun
muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)
- pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)
- heap; bank, drift
- scowl
- (military, historical) sow
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bolgach muice
- cró muc, cró muice
- fiabhras muc
- fliú na muc
- mucachán
- mucár
- muc ghuine
- muc shneachta
- tinneas muc
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “muc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “muc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
Manx
Alternative forms
- muck
Etymology
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Noun
muc 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
- coo muigey (“boarhound”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English
Noun
muc
- Alternative form of muk
Romanian
Etymology
Either from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).
Noun
muc m (plural muci)
- booger
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) muc | mucul | (niște) muci | mucii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) muc | mucului | (unor) muci | mucilor |
| vocative | mucule | mucilor | ||
Related terms
- mucea
Noun
muc n (plural mucuri)
- cigarette butt, stump
- wick, candle end
Related terms
- mucilage
- mucoare
- mucoasă
- mucos
- mucoză
- mugur
See also
- muci
- mucări
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muxk/
Noun
muc f (genitive singular muice, plural mucan)
- pig
- sow
Derived terms
- creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich (“asparagus”)
- muc-bhiorach (“dolphin or whale”)
- muc-locha (“European perch”)
- muc-mhara (“whale”)
- muicfheòil (“pork”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| muc | mhuc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language