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muc
muc
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)
Declension
Declension of muc
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cró muc, cró muice (“pigpen, pigsty”)
- muc ghuine (“guinea pig”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| muc | mhuc | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Manx
Alternative forms
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)
- 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. | ||
Romanian
Etymology
Either from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus.
Noun
muc m (plural muci)
Declension
declension of muc
Noun
muc n (plural mucuri)
Related terms
See also
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)
Derived terms
Terms derived from muc
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