mucca

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly a merging of muggire and vacca, or from Alemannic German Mugg. Compare English moo cow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuk.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ukka
• Hyphenation: mùc‧ca

Noun

mucca f (plural mucche)

1. a milk-cow, milch cow

   Synonym: vacca

Middle Irish

Noun

mucca

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of mucc

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mucca	mucca pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuka/

Noun

mucca

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of mucc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mucca also mmucca after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mucca pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.