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smuga.

mucus, snot

5 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsˠmˠuɡə/Connacht, Munster/sˠmˠɞɡ/Ulster
  1. mucus, snot

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *smuggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”), see also Tocharian A muk- (“to let go, give up”), Lithuanian mùkti (“to slip away from”), Old Church Slavonic мъчати (mŭčati, “to chase”), Ancient Greek μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”), Sanskrit मुञ्चति (muñcati, “to release, let loose”).

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