mugil

See also: Mugil, and múgil

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mugil (plural mugils)

1. Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

Latin

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡil/, [ˈmuːɡɪɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.d͡ʒil/, [ˈmuːd͡ʒil]

Noun

mūgil m (genitive mūgilis); third declension

1. grey mullet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūgil	mūgilēs
genitive	mūgilis	mūgilium mūgilum
dative	mūgilī	mūgilibus
accusative	mūgilem	mūgilēs
ablative	mūgile	mūgilibus
vocative	mūgil	mūgilēs

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mūgō
  • Italian: muggine
  • Occitan: muge
    • → French: muge

References

• “mugil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yagara

Noun

mugil

1. Alternative form of magul.

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugarabul Body Parts.