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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch moet, from Old Dutch *muot, from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
moed m (uncountable)
- courage, bravery, daring
- Het vereist soms moed om als enige een tegengeluid te laten horen. ― It sometimes requires courage to be the only one to give a dissenting opinion.
- (obsolete outside fixed expressions) mood; internal nature, mental disposition
- Synonyms: gemoed, gemoedstoestand
- met goede moed ― with a positive disposition
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 7.
Van al die mij bezwaren / en mijn vervolgers zijn, / mijn God, wil toch bewaren / den trouwen dienaar dijn; / dat zij mij niet verrassen / in hunnen bozen moed, / hun handen niet en wassen / in mijn onschuldig bloed!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Estonian
Noun
moed
- nominative plural of mood
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
moed
- Nasal mutation of boed.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
West Frisian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
moed c (no plural)
- courage
- Ik ferlear de moed. ― I lost the courage.
- love for/of life
- De moed is der út, broer. ― The love of life is gone, brother.
- mind
- spirit
- will
- intention
Further reading
- “moed (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *mɤcᴰ (“ant”). Cognate with Thai มด (mót), Lao ມົດ (mot), Shan မူတ် (mǔut), Ahom 𑜉𑜤𑜄𑜫 (mut), Bouyei mod.
Pronunciation
Noun
moed (Sawndip forms ⿰虫密 or 乜 or 蟆 or 𬟼 or 𰲪 or 𧋶 or ⿰虫磨, 1957–1982 spelling mɵd)
- ant
- Synonym: duzmoed