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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English emotion, from French émotion, from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“move out, move away, remove, stir up, agitate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).
Pronunciation
Noun
múisiam m (genitive singular múisiam, nominative plural múisiamaí)
- chagrin, displeasure, state of being upset
- Tá múisiam air. ― He is upset.
- peevishness, pique, umbrage, offense (state of being offended)
- disgust
- Chuirfeadh an bia úd múisiam ar muc. ― That food would turn a pig's stomach.
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Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| múisiam
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mhúisiam
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “múisíom”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 502
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “múisiúm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “múisiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “múisiam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “múisiam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024