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muc.

pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/mˠuk/Connacht, Munster/mˠʊk/Ulster/mˠɞk/Ulster
  1. pig, swine (also figurative, of a person)

    feminine
  2. heap; bank, drift

    feminine
  3. scowl

    feminine
  4. sow

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).

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