"muc" meaning in Irish

See muc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mˠuk/ [Connacht, Munster], /mˠʊk/ [Ulster], /mˠɞk/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|mucc}} Old Irish mucc, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*mokkus}} Proto-Celtic *mokkus, {{cog|cy|moch|t=pigs}} Welsh moch (“pigs”), {{cog|kw|mogh}} Cornish mogh, {{cog|br|moc’h}} Breton moc’h Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|muice|||||||nominative plural|muca|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca), {{ga-noun|f|muice|~a}} muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: muice [genitive, singular], muca [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an mhuc [definite, nominative, singular], na muca [definite, nominative, plural], na muice [definite, genitive, singular], na muc [definite, genitive, plural], leis an muc [dative, definite, singular], leis an muic [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don mhuc [dative, definite, singular], don mhuic [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na muca [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], muc [error-unrecognized-form], mhuc [lenition], - [eclipsis], muic [alternative, Cois-Fharraige]
  1. pig, swine (also figurative, of a person) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muc-ga-noun-XdaEa90m Categories (other): Pigs Disambiguation of Pigs: 36 5 22 37
  2. heap; bank, drift Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muc-ga-noun--6M6-Zc1
  3. scowl Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muc-ga-noun-D5hVn89c Categories (other): Pigs Disambiguation of Pigs: 36 5 22 37
  4. (military, history) sow Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-muc-ga-noun-dW4aykkf Categories (other): History, Military, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Pigs Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 13 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 5 5 18 57 7 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 10 75 4 3 3 Disambiguation of Pigs: 36 5 22 37 Topics: government, history, human-sciences, military, politics, sciences, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bolgach muice, cró muc, cró muice, fiabhras muc, fliú na muc, muc ghuine, muc shneachta, mucachán, mucár, tinneas muc

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bolgach muice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cró muc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cró muice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fiabhras muc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fliú na muc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "muc ghuine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "muc shneachta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mucachán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mucár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tinneas muc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "mucc",
      "mucc#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*mokkus",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mokkus"
    ],
    [
      "moch",
      "moch#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "mogh",
      "mogh#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "moc’h",
      "moc’h#Breton"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "mucc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish mucc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*mokkus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *mokkus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "moch",
        "t": "pigs"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh moch (“pigs”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "mogh"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish mogh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "moc’h"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton moc’h",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muice",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muca",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mhuc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na muca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na muice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na muc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an muc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an muic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhuc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhuic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na muca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhuc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "muca",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "muice",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "muice",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 5 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Pigs",
          "orig": "ga:Pigs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-muc-ga-noun-XdaEa90m",
      "links": [
        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "swine",
          "swine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heap; bank, drift"
      ],
      "id": "en-muc-ga-noun--6M6-Zc1",
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 5 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Pigs",
          "orig": "ga:Pigs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scowl"
      ],
      "id": "en-muc-ga-noun-D5hVn89c",
      "links": [
        [
          "scowl",
          "scowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "History",
          "orig": "ga:History",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "ga:Military",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 13 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 18 57 7 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 10 75 4 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 5 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Pigs",
          "orig": "ga:Pigs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sow"
      ],
      "id": "en-muc-ga-noun-dW4aykkf",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "sow",
          "sow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, history) sow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sciences",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠuk/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠɞk/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "muc"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Pigs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bolgach muice"
    },
    {
      "word": "cró muc"
    },
    {
      "word": "cró muice"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiabhras muc"
    },
    {
      "word": "fliú na muc"
    },
    {
      "word": "muc ghuine"
    },
    {
      "word": "muc shneachta"
    },
    {
      "word": "mucachán"
    },
    {
      "word": "mucár"
    },
    {
      "word": "tinneas muc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "mucc",
      "mucc#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*mokkus",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mokkus"
    ],
    [
      "moch",
      "moch#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "mogh",
      "mogh#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "moc’h",
      "moc’h#Breton"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "mucc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish mucc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*mokkus"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "moch",
        "t": "pigs"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "mogh"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish mogh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "moc’h"
      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muice",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muca",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mhuc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na muca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na muice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na muc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an muc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an muic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhuc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhuic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na muca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhuc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "muice",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "var": ""
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      "expansion": "muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "muice",
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      "expansion": "muc f (genitive singular muice, nominative plural muca)",
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "swine",
          "swine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heap; bank, drift"
      ],
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        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scowl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scowl",
          "scowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:History",
        "ga:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "sow",
          "sow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, history) sow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sciences",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠuk/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠɞk/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "muc"
}

Download raw JSONL data for muc meaning in Irish (4.3kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.