musc
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See also: mușc
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French musc, borrowed from Late Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).
Noun[edit]
musc m (plural muscs)
Further reading[edit]
- “musc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English musk, from Middle English muske, from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /mušk/), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).
Noun[edit]
musc m (genitive singular muisc)
- musk (greasy secretion with powerful odour)
Declension[edit]
Declension of musc
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “musc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms borrowed from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Middle Persian
- French terms derived from Sanskrit
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Scents
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish terms derived from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Old French
- Irish terms derived from Late Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish terms derived from Middle Persian
- Irish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Bodily fluids
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