muxir

Galician

Alternative forms

• munxir, munguir
• moncer (eastern Galicia)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir, mugir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mulgēre, present active infinitive of mulgeō (“I milk”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *mungere; compare also Catalan munyir, Italian mungere), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Cognate with English milk and Portuguese mungir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈʃiɾ/

Verb

muxir (first-person singular present muxo, third-person singular present moxe, first-person singular preterite muxín, past participle muxido)

1. to milk (express milk from an animal)
2. to moo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of muxir (u-o alternation in present singular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	muxir
Personal	muxir	muxires	muxir	muxirmos	muxirdes	muxiren
Gerund
	muxindo
Past participle
Masculine	muxido			muxidos
Feminine	muxida			muxidas
Indicative
Present	muxo	moxes	moxe	muximos	muxides	moxen
Imperfect	muxía	muxías	muxía	muxiamos	muxiades	muxían
Preterite	muxín	muxiches	muxiu	muximos	muxistes	muxiron
Pluperfect	muxira	muxiras	muxira	muxiramos	muxirades	muxiran
Future	muxirei	muxirás	muxirá	muxiremos	muxiredes	muxirán
Conditional	muxiría	muxirías	muxiría	muxiriamos	muxiriades	muxirían
Subjunctive
Present	muxa	muxas	muxa	muxamos	muxades	muxan
Imperfect	muxise	muxises	muxise	muxísemos	muxísedes	muxisen
Future	muxir	muxires	muxir	muxirmos	muxirdes	muxiren
Imperative
Affirmative		muxe	muxa	muxamos	muxide	muxan
Negative (non)		non muxas	non muxa	non muxamos	non muxades	non muxan

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mugir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “muxir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “muxir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “muxir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN