muc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muc"

Translingual

Symbol

muc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mbu'.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mbu' terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• mucã

Etymology

From Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.

Noun

muc m (plural muts)

1. snot, nasal mucus, snivel

Related terms

• mucoari
• mucos

Irish

Alternative forms

• muic (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠuk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠʊk/, /mˠɞk/

Noun

muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)

1. pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)
2. heap; bank, drift
3. scowl
4. (military, history) sow

Declension

Declension of muc (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative muc muca vocative a mhuc a mhuca genitive muice muc dative muc muic (archaic, dialectal) muca forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mhuc na muca genitive na muice na muc dative leis an muc leis an muic (archaic, dialectal) don mhuc don mhuic (archaic, dialectal) leis na muca

Derived terms

• bolgach muice
• cró muc, cró muice
• fiabhras muc
• fliú na muc
• muc ghuine
• muc shneachta
• mucachán
• mucár
• tinneas muc

Mutation

Mutated forms of muc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muc	mhuc	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “muc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 765; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “muc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “muc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Manx

Alternative forms

• muck

Etymology

From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).

Noun

muc f (genitive singular muickey or muigey, plural mucyn or muckyn or muick)

1. pig

   Ta enney ec muc er muc elley. ― Birds of a feather flock together. (literally, “A pig knows another pig.”)

Derived terms

• coo muigey (“boarhound”)

Mutation

Mutation of muc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muc	vuc	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Noun

muc

1. alternative form of muk

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈmut͡s]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: móc

Noun

muc m animal (diminutive mucyk or mucek)

1. (Far Masovian) mutt (any dog)

Further reading

• Antoni Waga (1860), “muc”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska‎^[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 754

Romanian

Etymology

Either from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

Noun

muc m (plural muci)

1. booger

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	muc	mucul	muci	mucii
genitive-dative	muc	mucului	muci	mucilor
vocative	mucule		mucilor

Related terms

• mucea

Noun

muc n (plural mucuri)

1. cigarette butt, stump
2. wick, candle end

Related terms

• mucilage
• mucoare
• mucoasă
• mucos
• mucoză
• mugur

See also

• muci
• mucări

Scottish Gaelic

Muc.

Etymology

From Middle Irish mucc. Cognates include Irish muc and Manx muc.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /mũʰk/
• (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA^(key): /mũxk/

Noun

muc f

1. pig, sow

Declension

Declension of muc (class IIa feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	muc	mucan
genitive	muice	mhuc
dative	muic	mucan; mucaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') mhuc	(na) mucan
genitive	(na) muice	(nam) muc
dative	(a') mhuic	(na) mucan; mucaibh1
vocative	mhuc	mhuca

¹ archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

• creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich (“asparagus”)
• gearra-mhuc
• muc-bhiorach (“dolphin or whale”)
• muc-locha (“European perch”)
• muc-mhara (“whale”)
• muicfheòil (“pork”)

Mutation

Mutation of muc

radical	lenition
muc	mhuc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Mark, Colin (2003), “muc”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 441