móta

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See also: mota, möta, and mô tả

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mót (form, model, mould) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

móta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mótaði, supine mótað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to form, to mould, to model

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • mótun (forming, moulding)

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (mound, embankment), from Medieval Latin mota (mound, fortified height), probably of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (mud, peat, bog, turf), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (dirt, filth, mud, swamp), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (dark, dirty).

Noun[edit]

móta m (genitive singular móta, nominative plural mótaí)

  1. moat (defensive ditch)
    Synonym: díog
  2. mound, dike
  3. mulch (shredded matter for covering the soil)
  4. heavy clay

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
móta mhóta not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ móta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading[edit]