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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French muid, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and mud.
Noun
muid (plural muids)
- An old French liquid measure of approximately 274.2 litres.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin modius.
Pronunciation
Noun
muid m (plural muids)
- (historical) hogshead
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
From the first-person plural present verb ending -mid reanalyzed as a subject pronoun.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
muid (emphatic form muide, muidne)
- (Connacht, Ulster) we (conjunctive)
Usage notes
- The use of muid as the subject of analytic verb forms is accepted in the written standard as an alternative to synthetic first-person plural verb forms. It is found in colloquial usage in Ulster and parts of Connacht.
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