mucc

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mucc f (genitive muicce, nominative plural mucca)

  1. pig, sow
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, sections 5–6:
      Marbthair dóib dana in mucc Mic Dathó. Tri fichit gamnach co a biathad saide co cend secht m-bliadan. Tri neim imorro no bíata, co ro lathea ár fer n-hErenn impi. Tucad dóib iarum in mucc ocus xl dam dia tarsnu cen motha in biad ar chena. Mac Dathó fessin icond ḟerdaigsecht. “Mo chen duib,” ar se, “ni dabar samail rissin ataat aige ocus mucca la Laigniu. Atesta desin mairfider dúib imbárach.” “Is maith in mucc,” ar Conchobar. “Is maith imorro”, ar Ailill. “Cinnas rainnfither in mucc a Chonchobair?” ar Ailill.
      Now Mac Dathó’s pig was slaughtered for them. For seven years sixty milch cows supplied its food. On poison however it had been nourished and the massacre of the men of Erin took place through it. Now the pig was brought to them, and forty oxen as a relish, and other food as well. Mac Dathó himself was acting as steward. “Welcome to you,” said he; “the equal to this cannot be found. Bullocks and pigs are not lacking in Leinster. Whatever is lacking now will be slaughtered for you tomorrow.” “The pig is good,” said Conchobar. “It is indeed good,” said Ailill. “How shall the pig be divided, Conchobar?” (source of translation)

Descendants

  • Irish: muc
  • Manx: muc
  • Scottish Gaelic: muc

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mucc mucc
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch, Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).

Pronunciation

Noun

mucc f (genitive muicce, nominative plural mucca)

  1. pig, sow
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 47b1
      mucc [translating sus]
      pig

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative muccL muiccL muccaH
Vocative muccL muiccL muccaH
Accusative muiccN muiccL muccaH
Genitive muicceH muccL muccN
Dative muiccL muccaib muccaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mucc
also mmucc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		mucc
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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