múisiam

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English emotion, from French émotion, from émouvoir (excite) based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (move out, move away, remove, stir up, agitate), from ē- (out) (variant of ex-), and moveō (move).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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múisiam m (genitive singular múisiam, nominative plural múisiamaí)

  1. chagrin, displeasure, state of being upset
    múisiam air.He is upset.
  2. peevishness, pique, umbrage, offense (state of being offended)
  3. disgust
    Chuirfeadh an bia úd múisiam ar muc.That food would turn a pig's stomach.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ múisiam”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 38, page 17

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