n originally u
GOI § 308
, Hamp,
Proto-Indo-European: The Archaeology of a Linguistic Problem 187
. ā, f.,
(a) a pig, sow
(used both as generic term including
both sexes and also espec. of female). mucc, gl. sus,
Sg. 47b1
.
n
p.
teora mucca
,
Thes. ii 250.15
. mucu (= muca),
Laws v
220.12
.
ba, muca, heich, cairig, gobair . . . ite .x. cethra fer
ndomain,
76.18
.
foil muc,
162.20
. tairr muca `a hog's belly',
iv 306.4
. buachaill muc, gl. subulcus,
Ir. Gl. 584.
Tuath De
Danann, is iat tug mucco i nhErinn ar tus,
ZCP viii 105.29
.
na hainmhidea bréna .i. . . . in sindach ┐ in mucc,
PH 7675.
murthréta mucc,
TBC-LL¹ 75.
miach móethbleithe la muic (a
tribute),
Metr. Dinds. ii 42.23
. (Prov.)
is mucc remitéit mess,
BDD 106
, see 2 mes(s). ar muin na muice on the pig's back
(= in luck, well-off),
Ó Bruad. ii 134.8.
Of a pig used as food:
muc úr, laith, lemnacht . . . rot-bia,
IT i 133.8
.
do raind na
mucce,
101.2
;
103.22
(na mmuicce). Of a wild pig or boar:
oss no m.¤ allaid,
Mon. Tall. 5.
is amlaid ro bátár amal mucca
eter conaib (i.e. at the mercy of their enemies),
LU 4442.
ag
seilg . . . ar mhucaibh ┐ aigib,
Lism. L. 3219.
ag mucaibh
allta,
Ir. Monthly 1929, 107.4
.
(b) m.¤ mara a sea-hog, porpoise: mucc mora, gl. delphinus,
Sg. 94a3
. muc mara, gl. delphin,
Ir. Gl. 1029.
m.¤ mara méthas
tond,
LU 3017.
m.¤ mín maethṡlemun mara,
LL 235b12
.
muca mara ┐ ilpíasta na fairrgi,
Ériu iii 156.7
.
AU 827.
CCath. 4332.
mar mharbhaid na muca mara an mhuc mhara
eile,
TSh. 3860.
(c) name of a war-engine, a shed under cover of which besiegers
undermined the walls of a city
(called in Med. Lat. sus or
scorpha, Eng. sow, Fr. truie); for description see
AFM vi 1980
,
1981 n.
Cf. regii muchum bellicum machinamentum militibus
subter agentibus arcis muro admovent, O'Sullivan Beara
(quoted
AFM vi 1981 n.
).
muc ingnad crainn do dhenum . . .
do hṡailghibh daracha,
ALC ii 264.3
(an.
1527
).
Compds.
¤ál m. a sow's litter or brood:
Mac Conmeadha
na mucál,
Top. Poems 10.25
. Cf.
muc(c)álach.
¤ár m.
pig-slaughter: mucār mār di muccaibh mora a great destruction of
porpoises,
AU 827.
¤class f. a trench or furrow made by a pig
rooting?
co n-uargaib in muc mucclais tairis,
Dinds. § 112.10
(
RC xvi 63
).
¤cullach m. a boar
,
Laws i 126.7
.
¤díth n. and f.
`
pig-loss
',
Laws v 220.28 Comm.
¤ḟoil f. a pigsty: muccfoil,
gl. stabulum porcorum,
Sg. 26a1
; gl. hara,
26a2
.
díre a muc-folach,
Laws iv 314.21
.
each cen cuibrich, cú . . . cen lomain,
muiccai cen mucalaig ndorcha,
ZCP xii 361.28
(
H 3.18 p. 86
).
¤mairbne, see mairbne.
¤ogham
m. `
sow-Ogham', a species
of Ogham,
Auraic. 5939.
¤súil f. (as term of abuse)
a
mhuc-ṡuil, a mheallṡron madaigh!,
IT iii 91 § 126.
¤trét
n. and m. a herd of pigs:
re mallacht cacha muicthreoit,
MR 100.19
. Common in compd. place-names, e.g.
¤druim,
¤dubh,
¤inis,
¤ross,
¤ṡnám (see
Hog. Onom.
).