múisiam

Irish

Alternative forms

• móisiam, múiseán, múisíom, múisiúm, múisiún

Etymology

Borrowed from English emotion, from French émotion, from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“move out, move away, remove, stir up, agitate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːʃia̯mˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form móisiam)

Noun

múisiam m (genitive singular múisiam, nominative plural múisiamaí)

1. chagrin, displeasure, state of being upset

   Tá múisiam air. ― He is upset.

2. peevishness, pique, umbrage, offense (state of being offended)
3. disgust

   Chuirfeadh an bia úd múisiam ar muc. ― That food would turn a pig's stomach.

Declension

Declension of múisiam (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative múisiam múisiamaí vocative a mhúisiam a mhúisiamaí genitive múisiam múisiamaí dative múisiam múisiamaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an múisiam na múisiamaí genitive an mhúisiam na múisiamaí dative leis an múisiam don mhúisiam leis na múisiamaí

Synonyms

• (chagrin, displeasure): díomá, diomú, míshástacht
• (peevishness, pique, umbrage): cantal, stainc, stuaic

Derived terms

• múisiamach
• múisiam codalta (“a doze”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of múisiam

radical	lenition	eclipsis
múisiam	mhúisiam	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “múisíom”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 502
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “múisiúm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “múisiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “múisiam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “múisiam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024