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Webster 1913 Edition

Molt

Molt

,
obs.
imp.
of
Melt
.
Chaucer.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Molt

MOLT

,
Verb.
I.
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, &c.; as an animal. Fowls molt by losing their feathers, beasts by losing their hair, serpents by casting their skins, and deer their horns. The molting of the hawk is called mewing.

Definition 2024

molt

molt

See also: mòlt

English

Verb

molt ‎(third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

Noun

molt ‎(plural molts)

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

References

  • “molt” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal [Term?], from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos ‎(“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɫ/, /moɫt/

Adjective

molt m ‎(feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

  1. much, many

Derived terms

Adverb

molt

  1. very

Noun

molt m ‎(uncountable)

  1. a lot, a great deal, a large amount

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish molt ‎(“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *molto- ‎(“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

Noun

molt m ‎(genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)

  1. wether
  2. (figuratively) sulky, morose person

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
molt mholt unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin multum ‎(adverb), neuter of multus.

Adjective

molt m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

  1. much; many; a lot of
    moltes batailles‎
    many battles

Declension

Adverb

molt ‎(invariable)

  1. very, a lot, a great deal
    • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
      A Abevile ot un bouchier,
      Que si voison orent molt chier.
      In Abbeville there was a butcher,
      Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

Synonyms

Descendants

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moltos ‎(“sheep”) (compare Middle Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mol͈t/

Noun

molt m ‎(genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)

  1. ram, wether

Declension

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative molt moltL muiltL
Vocative muilt moltL moltu
Accusative moltN moltL moltu
Genitive muiltL molt moltN
Dative moltL moltaib moltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • moltán
  • moltrad

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
molt
also mmolt after a proclitic 		molt
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		molt
also mmolt after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

molt m

  1. Alternative form of mult

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