moch

See also: mốch and moc'h

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish moch (“early”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

moch (genitive singular masculine moch, genitive singular feminine moiche, plural mocha, comparative moiche)

  1. early

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • dea-mhoch (“good and early”)
  • mochánach m (“early riser”)
  • mochdháil f (“early morning”)
  • mochdhúnadh m (“early closing”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
moch mhoch not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "moch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “moch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Adjective

moch

  1. early

Descendants

Adverb

moch

  1. early, betimes

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
moch
also mmoch after a proclitic		 moch
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		moch
also mmoch after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “moch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Etymology

From truncation of moskal +‎ -ch.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔx/

Noun

moch m pers

  1. (slang) A Russian person.

Declension

References

  1. ↑ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎, page 263

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish moch (“early; betimes”).

Adjective

moch

  1. early

Derived terms

Adverb

moch

  1. early, betimes, soon

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “moch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mox, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːχ/

Noun

moch m pl (singulative mochyn)

  1. pigs, swine, hogs; (figuratively) greedy, dirty, lazy, drunk, or immoral persons
  2. (mining) small pumps used underground in coal mines to remove water
  3. crushers (in quarrying)
  4. ridging-ploughs
  5. segments (of orange, etc.)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
moch foch unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “moch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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