Irish

Adjective

moch ‎(genitive singular masculine moch, genitive singular feminine moiche, plural mocha, comparative moiche)

1. early

Declension

Synonyms

• luath

Derived terms

• dea-mhoch ‎(“good and early”)
• mochánach m ‎(“early riser”)
• mochdháil f ‎(“early morning”)
• mochdhúnadh m ‎(“early closing”)

Mutation

References

• "moch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “moch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Adjective

moch

1. early

Descendants

• Irish: moch
• Manx: mogh
• Scottish Gaelic: moch

Adverb

moch

1. early, betimes

Mutation

References

• “moch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish moch ‎(“early; betimes”).

Adjective

moch

1. early

Derived terms

• mocheirigh f ‎(“early rising”)
• mochthrath f ‎(“dawn”)
• mochthrath ‎(“very early”, adverb)
• o mhoch gu dubh ‎(“from dawn to dusk”)

Adverb

moch

1. early, betimes, soon

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “moch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mox, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːx]

Noun

moch m ‎(singulative mochyn)

1. pigs, swine, hogs; (figuratively) greedy, dirty, lazy, drunk, or immoral persons
2. (mining) small pumps used underground in coal mines to remove water
3. crushers (in quarrying)
4. ridging-ploughs
5. segments (of orange, etc.)

Mutation

References

• “moch” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.