"moth" meaning in Old Irish

See moth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmoθ/
Etymology: The word also carried the original meaning of "male organ," from Proto-Celtic *muto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”), perhaps later "penis," related to Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”) and Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”), possibly also Latin muto (“penis”). Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro|*muto-}} Proto-Celtic *muto-, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*mHú-to-|t=strong one}} Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”), {{cog|hit|t=something awe-inspiring|tr=mūwa}} Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”), {{cog|xlu|t=to overpower|tr=mūwa-}} Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”), {{cog|la|muto#Etymology 2|muto|t=penis}} Latin muto (“penis”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun||||{{{2}}}||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} moth m, {{sga-noun|m}} moth m Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|muith|dat_sg2=muth|n=s}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=moth+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=mothu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=moth+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=mothaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=mothaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=moth+L|dat_sg2=muth|dat_sg3=|gen_du=moth|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=moth+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=muith+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=s|nom_du=moth+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=muith+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=moth|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=moth+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=mothu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=muith|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], moth [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], muith [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative], moth [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], muith [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], moth [dative, singular], muth [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], - [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], moth [error-unrecognized-form], also mmoth in h-prothesis environments [error-unrecognized-form], also mmoth [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. amazement, stupor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moth-sga-noun-66HiSGxA Categories (other): Latin links with manual fragments, Latin links with redundant alt parameters, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*muto-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *muto-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mHú-to-",
        "t": "strong one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "t": "something awe-inspiring",
        "tr": "mūwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xlu",
        "t": "to overpower",
        "tr": "mūwa-"
      },
      "expansion": "Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "muto#Etymology 2",
        "3": "muto",
        "t": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin muto (“penis”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The word also carried the original meaning of \"male organ,\" from Proto-Celtic *muto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”), perhaps later \"penis,\" related to Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”) and Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”), possibly also Latin muto (“penis”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also mmoth in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also mmoth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "moth m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "moth m",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muith",
        "dat_sg2": "muth",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "moth+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "mothu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "moth+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "mothaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "mothaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "moth+L",
        "dat_sg2": "muth",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "moth",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "moth+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "muith+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "moth+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "muith+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "moth",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "moth+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "mothu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "muith",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              80,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "english": "though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them",
          "text": "cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accubur",
          "translation": "though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "amazement, stupor"
      ],
      "id": "en-moth-sga-noun-66HiSGxA",
      "links": [
        [
          "amazement",
          "amazement"
        ],
        [
          "stupor",
          "stupor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moth"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*muto-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *muto-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mHú-to-",
        "t": "strong one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "t": "something awe-inspiring",
        "tr": "mūwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xlu",
        "t": "to overpower",
        "tr": "mūwa-"
      },
      "expansion": "Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "muto#Etymology 2",
        "3": "muto",
        "t": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin muto (“penis”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The word also carried the original meaning of \"male organ,\" from Proto-Celtic *muto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”), perhaps later \"penis,\" related to Hittite [script needed] (mūwa, “something awe-inspiring”) and Luwian [script needed] (mūwa-, “to overpower”), possibly also Latin muto (“penis”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also mmoth in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also mmoth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "moth m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "moth m",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muith",
        "dat_sg2": "muth",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "moth+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "mothu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "moth+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "mothaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "mothaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "moth+L",
        "dat_sg2": "muth",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "moth",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "moth+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "muith+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "moth+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "muith+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "moth",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "moth+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "mothu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "muith",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin links with manual fragments",
        "Latin links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish terms with quotations",
        "Old Irish uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Hittite terms",
        "Requests for native script for Luwian terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              80,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "english": "though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them",
          "text": "cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accubur",
          "translation": "though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "amazement, stupor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amazement",
          "amazement"
        ],
        [
          "stupor",
          "stupor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for moth meaning in Old Irish (5.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: moth/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "moth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "moth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "moth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "moth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "moth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "moth",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.