muc

Alternative forms

• mucã

Etymology

From Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.

Noun

muc m (plural muts)

1. snot, nasal mucus, snivel

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)

1. pig (also figurative, of a person)
2. heap; bank, drift
3. scowl
4. (military, historical) sow

Mutation

Further reading

• "muc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “muc(c)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “muc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “muc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Alternative forms

• muck

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)

1. pig

   Ta enney ec muc er muc elley. ― Birds of a feather flock together.

   (Literally, 'a pig knows another pig.')

Mutation

Further reading

• “muc(c)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

Either from its plural form muci, from Latin mucci, or from Latin mūcus.

Noun

muc m (plural muci)

1. booger

Noun

muc n (plural mucuri)

1. cigarette butt, stump
2. wick, candle end

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)

1. pig
2. sow

Mutation

Further reading

• “muc(c)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.