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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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mùirn, joy, affection, Ir. múirn, múirnín (Eng. mavourneen, my darling), M. Ir. múirn, muirn: *morni-, root mor, mer, smer, as in muirichinn above.
mùiseag, a threat, muiseag (Arm.); from mus of musach.
muisean, a mean, sordid fellow; see musach for the root.
mùisean, a primrose, Ir. múiseán (O'B.):
muiseal, a muzzle, Ir. muisiall; from the Eng.
muisginn, an English pint, mutchkin; from the Sc. mutchkin, Dutch mutsje, an eighth part of a bottle.
mul, a conical heap, mound, Ir. mul, moil, E. Ir. mul-, eminence: *mulu-; cf. Norse múli, jutting crag, "mull", Ger. maul, snout. Cf. Gr. mulon, little heap of dried grass. mul-conain, conical suppurating sore.
mul, axle, Ir. mul, mol, shaft; cf. Gr. μελίη, ash, spear.
mulachag, a cheese, Ir., M. Ir. mulchán:
mulad, sadnmess; root mu, mutter?
mulart, dwarf elder, Ir. mulabhúrd, malabhúr, mulart (O'B.):
mulc, push, butt; cf. Lat. mulceo, mulco, stroke, beat.
mulc, a shapeless lump, lump; mulcan, a pustule; cf. meall:
mullach, the top, Ir., O. Ir. mullach: *muldâko-, *muldo-, top, head; Ag. S. molda, crown of the head; Skr. mûrdhán, top, head.
mult, a wedder, Ir., O. Ir. molt, W. mollt, Cor. mols, vervex, Br. maout, a sheep (mas.): *molto-, root mel, mol, crush, grind, "mutilate"; Russ. molitǐ, cut, cut up, O. H. G. muljan, triturate. Hence M.Lat. multo, whence Fr. mouton, a sheep, Eng. mutton.
munar, a trifle, a trifling person, monar, diminutive person or thing:
munganachd, bullying:
mùnloch, a puddle, Ir. múnloch, gen. múnlocha; from mún and loch.
mur, unless, Ir. muna (Donegal Ir. mur; Monaghan has amur = acht muna, unless), M. Ir. mun, moni, mona, E. Ir., O. Ir. mani; from ma, if, and ni, not: "if not". The G. r for n is possibly due to the influence of gur and of the verbal particl ro- (in robh); mun-robh becoming mur-robh.
mùr, a wall, bulwark, palace, Ir., E. Ir. múr, W. mur; from Lat. mûrus, a wall.
mùr, countless number (as of insects), E. Ir. múr, abundance; Gr. μυρίος (u long), countless, ten thousand; Skr. bhûri, many. Stokes compares rather Gr. -μυρα of πλήμυρα (u long), πλημυρίς (u short or long), flood tide, flood. mùr, leprosy = countless number.
