मूक
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मूक (mūká).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːk/
Adjective
मूक • (mūk)
- mute, speechless
- Synonym: गूंगा (gūṅgā)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मूक (mūká).
Adjective
मूक • (mūk)
- silent, dumb, speechless
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *muHkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muHkás, from Proto-Indo-European *muHkós (“dumb, mute”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μυκός (mukós, “dumb”), Latin mūtus (“dumb, mute”), Old Armenian մունջ (munǰ, “dumb, silent, speechless”). Compare also Finnish mykkä (“mute”), an Indo-European borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /muː.kɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.kɐ/
Adjective
मूक • (mūká)
- dumb, mute
- silent, speechless
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मूक (mūká) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मूकः mūkáḥ | मूकौ mūkaú | मूकाः / मूकासः¹ mūkā́ḥ / mūkā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मूक mū́ka | मूकौ mū́kau | मूकाः / मूकासः¹ mū́kāḥ / mū́kāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मूकम् mūkám | मूकौ mūkaú | मूकान् mūkā́n |
| Instrumental | मूकेन mūkéna | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकैः / मूकेभिः¹ mūkaíḥ / mūkébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मूकाय mūkā́ya | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकेभ्यः mūkébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मूकात् mūkā́t | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकेभ्यः mūkébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मूकस्य mūkásya | मूकयोः mūkáyoḥ | मूकानाम् mūkā́nām |
| Locative | मूके mūké | मूकयोः mūkáyoḥ | मूकेषु mūkéṣu |
| Notes |
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| Feminine ā-stem declension of मूका (mūkā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मूका mūkā́ | मूके mūké | मूकाः mūkā́ḥ |
| Vocative | मूके mū́ke | मूके mū́ke | मूकाः mū́kāḥ |
| Accusative | मूकाम् mūkā́m | मूके mūké | मूकाः mūkā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | मूकया / मूका¹ mūkáyā / mūkā́¹ | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकाभिः mūkā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | मूकायै mūkā́yai | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकाभ्यः mūkā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मूकायाः mūkā́yāḥ | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकाभ्यः mūkā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मूकायाः mūkā́yāḥ | मूकयोः mūkáyoḥ | मूकानाम् mūkā́nām |
| Locative | मूकायाम् mūkā́yām | मूकयोः mūkáyoḥ | मूकासु mūkā́su |
| Notes |
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| Neuter a-stem declension of मूक (mūká) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मूकम् mūkám | मूके mūké | मूकानि / मूका¹ mūkā́ni / mūkā́¹ |
| Vocative | मूक mū́ka | मूके mū́ke | मूकानि / मूका¹ mū́kāni / mū́kā¹ |
| Accusative | मूकम् mūkám | मूके mūké | मूकानि / मूका¹ mūkā́ni / mūkā́¹ |
| Instrumental | मूकेन mūkéna | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकैः / मूकेभिः¹ mūkaíḥ / mūkébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मूकाय mūkā́ya | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकेभ्यः mūkébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मूकात् mūkā́t | मूकाभ्याम् mūkā́bhyām | मूकेभ्यः mūkébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मूकस्य mūkásya | मूकयोः mūkáyoḥ | मूकानाम् mūkā́nām |
| Locative | मूके mūké | मूकयोः mūkáyoḥ | मूकेषु mūkéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- → Kannada: ಮೂಕ (mūka, “dumb, mute”).
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मूक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 825/2.