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Webster 1913 Edition
Mun
Mun
,Noun.
[See
Mouth
.] The mouth.
[Obs.]
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns,
Butter them and sugar them and put them in your
Butter them and sugar them and put them in your
muns
. Old Rhyme.
Halliwell.
Definition 2024
mún
mún
Irish
Noun
mún m (genitive singular múin)
- verbal noun of mún
- urine
Declension
Declension of mún
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- múnlach m (“sewage”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).
Verb
mún (present analytic múnann, future analytic múnfaidh, verbal noun mún, past participle múnta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | múnaim | múnann tú; múnair† |
múnann sé, sí | múnaimid | múnann sibh | múnann siad; múnaid† |
a mhúnann; a mhúnas / a múnann*; a múnas* |
múntar |
| past | mhún mé; mhúnas | mhún tú; mhúnais | mhún sé, sí | mhúnamar; mhún muid | mhún sibh; mhúnabhair | mhún siad; mhúnadar | a mhún / ar mhún* |
múnadh | |
| past habitual | mhúnainn | mhúntá | mhúnadh sé, sí | mhúnaimis; mhúnadh muid | mhúnadh sibh | mhúnaidís; mhúnadh siad | a mhúnadh / ar mhúnadh* |
mhúntaí | |
| future | múnfaidh mé; múnfad |
múnfaidh tú; múnfair† |
múnfaidh sé, sí | múnfaimid; múnfaidh muid |
múnfaidh sibh | múnfaidh siad; múnfaid† |
a mhúnfaidh; a mhúnfas / a múnfaidh*; a múnfas* |
múnfar | |
| conditional | mhúnfainn | mhúnfá | mhúnfadh sé, sí | mhúnfaimis; mhúnfadh muid | mhúnfadh sibh | mhúnfaidís; mhúnfadh siad | a mhúnfadh / ar mhúnfadh* |
mhúnfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go múna mé; go múnad† |
go múna tú; go múnair† |
go múna sé, sí | go múnaimid; go múna muid |
go múna sibh | go múna siad; go múnaid† |
— | go múntar |
| past | dá múnainn | dá múntá | dá múnadh sé, sí | dá múnaimis; dá múnadh muid |
dá múnadh sibh | dá múnaidís; dá múnadh siad |
— | dá múntaí | |
| imperative | múnaim | mún | múnadh sé, sí | múnaimis | múnaigí; múnaidh† |
múnaidís | — | múntar | |
| verbal noun | mún | ||||||||
| past participle | múnta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mún | mhún | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "mún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “mún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “múnaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *mew-, *mū-. Possibly cognate with Latin mūtō (“****”).
Noun
mún m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| mún also mmún after a proclitic |
mún pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
mún also mmún after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “mún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.