muc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muc"

Translingual

Symbol

muc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mbu'.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Mbu' terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• mucã

Etymology

From Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.

Noun

muc m (plural muts)

1. 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)

1. pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)
2. heap; bank, drift
3. scowl
4. (military, history) sow

Declension

Declension of muc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muc muca vocative a mhuc a mhuca genitive muice muc dative muc muic (archaic, dialectal) muca forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhuc na muca genitive na muice na muc dative leis an muc leis an muic (archaic, dialectal) don mhuc don mhuic (archaic, dialectal) leis na muca

Derived terms

• bolgach muice
• cró muc, cró muice
• fiabhras muc
• fliú na muc
• muc ghuine
• muc shneachta
• mucachán
• mucár
• tinneas muc

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of muc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muc	mhuc	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

• 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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of 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)

1. 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

• 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

Noun

muc

1. Alternative form of muk

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈmut͡s/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: móc

Noun

muc m animal (diminutive mucyk or mucek)

1. (Far Masovian) mutt (any dog)

Further reading

• Antoni Waga (1860) “muc”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 754

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)

1. booger

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	muc	mucul		muci	mucii
genitive-dative	muc	mucului		muci	mucilor
vocative	mucule			mucilor

Related terms

• mucea

Noun

muc n (plural mucuri)

1. cigarette butt, stump
2. wick, candle end

Related terms

• mucilage
• mucoare
• mucoasă
• mucos
• mucoză
• mugur

 

See also

• muci
• mucări

Scottish Gaelic

Muc.

Etymology

From Middle Irish mucc. Cognates include Irish muc and Manx muc.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /mũʰk/
• (Harris, Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /mũxk/

Noun

muc f

1. pig, sow

Declension

Declension of muc (class IIa feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	muc	mucan
genitive	muice	mhuc
dative	muic	mucan; mucaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') mhuc	(na) mucan
genitive	(na) muice	(nam) muc
dative	(a') mhuic	(na) mucan; mucaibh✝
vocative	mhuc	mhuca

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich (“asparagus”)
• gearra-mhuc
• muc-bhiorach (“dolphin or whale”)
• muc-locha (“European perch”)
• muc-mhara (“whale”)
• muicfheòil (“pork”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of muc

radical	lenition
muc	mhuc

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

Further reading

• Colin Mark (2003) “muc”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 441

Tarifit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

muc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵛ, plural imucwen, feminine tmuccewt)

1. cat

Declension

Declension of muc
	Singular	Plural
free state	muc	imucwen
construct state	umuc	yimucwen