muc
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠʊk/
Noun
Declension
Declension of muc
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bolgach muice (“swine-pox”)
- cró muc, cró muice (“pigpen, pigsty”)
- fiabhras muc, tinneas muc (“swine fever”)
- fliú na muc (“swine flu”)
- mucachán (“pig, swine”) (of person)
- muc ghuine (“guinea pig”)
- muc shneachta (“snowdrift”)
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
- "muc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “muc(c)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- 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.
Manx
Alternative forms
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
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “muc(c)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Romanian
Etymology
Either from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [muʰk]
Derived terms
- creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich (“asparagus”)
- muc-bhiorach (“dolphin or whale”)
- muc-locha (“European perch”)
- muc-mhara (“whale”)
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
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “muc(c)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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