muc

See also: MUC, múc, Muć, mục, mực, and Mực

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

 

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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

• IPA^(key): /mˠʊk/

Noun

muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)

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

Declension

Declension of muc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muc muca Vocative a mhuc a mhuca Genitive muice muc Dative muc muic (archaic, dialectal) muca

Forms with the definite article Case 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 (“swine-pox”)
• cró muc, cró muice (“pigpen, pigsty”)
• fiabhras muc, tinneas muc (“swine fever”)
• fliú na muc (“swine flu”)
• muc ghuine (“guinea pig”)
• muc shneachta (“snowdrift”)
• mucachán (“pig, swine”) (of person)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “muc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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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

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muc	vuc	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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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

Declension of muc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) muc	mucul	(niște) muci	mucii
genitive/dative	(unui) muc	mucului	(unor) muci	mucilor
vocative	mucule		mucilor

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʰk]

Noun

muc f (genitive singular muice, plural mucan)

1. pig
2. sow

Derived terms

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

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
muc	mhuc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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