molt

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See also: mòlt

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

Noun[edit]

molt (plural molts)

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

molt

  1. (rare) simple past of melt

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

  1. much, many
    Synonym: força
    Antonym: poc
Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

molt

  1. very
    Synonym: força
    Antonyms: gaire, gens, poc, una mica

Noun[edit]

molt m (uncountable)

  1. a lot, a great deal, a large amount
    Antonyms: poc, una mica

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Latin molitus. Compare Occitan mòut.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

  1. past participle of moldre

References[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish molt (wether), from Proto-Celtic *moltos (sheep) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)

  1. wether
  2. (figuratively) sulky, morose person

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 89
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43

Further reading[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

Adjective[edit]

molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

  1. much; many; a lot of
    moltes batailles
    many battles

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

molt (invariable)

  1. very, a lot, a great deal
    • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
      A Abevile ot un bouchier,
      Que si voison orent molt chier.
      In Abbeville there was a butcher,
      Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • French: moult

References[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *moltos (sheep) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)

  1. ram, wether

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative molt moltL muiltL
Vocative muilt moltL moltuH
Accusative moltN moltL moltuH
Genitive muiltL molt moltN
Dative moltL moltaib moltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Noun[edit]

molt m

  1. Alternative form of mult