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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
mithear, weak, crazy, Ir. mithfir, weak; see mith.
mithich, proper time, tempestivus, Ir. mithid, O. Ir. mithich, tempestivus: *meti-, Lat. māturus, Eng. mature.
mithlean, sport, playfulness:
miùghair, niggardly; from mi and fiù or fiù-mhor? cf. miodhoir.
mnathan, wives, Ir., E. Ir. mná, wives: *bnâs; see bean
mo, my, O. Ir. mo, mu, W. fy, M.W. my (from myn), Corn., Br. ma (which aspirates): *mou, *movo: formed on the analogy of do, du, from the pronomial root me (see mi). W. myn or my n- is allied to Zend. mana, Lit. manè (for me-né), Ch. Sl. mene.
mò, greater, Ir. mó, O. Ir. móa, máo, máa, móo, mó, W. mwy, O. W. mui, Corn. moy, Br. mui: *mâjôs; Lat. mâjor, greater (Eng. major); Got. mais, more (adv.), maiza, greater, Eng. more: root mâ of mór, q.v.
mobainn, maltreating, handling roughly; see moibean.
moch, early, Ir. moch, early, O. Ir. moch, mane: *moq-; also O. Ir. mos, soon, W. moch, early, ready, Corn. meugh: *moqsu; Lat. mox, soon; Zend. moshu, Skr. mokshú, soon: also Gr. μάψ, idly, rashly. See mus. Hence mocheirigh, early rising, mochthrath, early morning, M. Ir. mochthrath, O. Ir. mochtratae, matutinus.
mochd, move, yield (Oss. Ballads); cf. M. Ir. mocht, gentle, weak, W. mwytho, soften, pamper, Eng. meek, Norse mjukr, soft, meek.
mòd, a court, trial, meeting; from the Norse mót, meeting, town-meeting, court of law, Ag. S. mót, gemót, Eng. moot, meet.
modh, manner, Ir. modh, O. Ir. mod, W. modd; from Lat. modus. Hence modh, respect, E. Ir. mod; cf. Eng. manners for sense.
modhan, the sound of a bagpipe or other musical instrument (H.S.D., also moghun):
mòdhar, soft, gentle (modhar, M'A.); from modh.
mòg, clumsy hand or foot; see màg, smòg.
mogach, shaggy, hairy:
mogan, a footless stocking; from the Sc. moggan, moggans.
mogan, spirits from oats (Uist):
mogul, a husk, mesh (of a net), Ir. mogal, cluster, mesh of a net, husk, apple of the eye, E. Ir. mocoll (do.), O. Ir. mocul, subtel: *mozgu-, I. E. mozgho, knot, mesh; Lit. mázgas, knot, mesh; O. H. G. mascâ, Ger. masche, Eng. mesh; Gr. μόσχος, sprout, calf. Lat. macula, a mush, is not allied. Dialect G. mugairle, bunch of nuts (Glenmoriston).
mogur, bulky, clumsy:
moibean, moibeal, a mop, broom, Ir. moipal; from Eng. mop.
