mul

See also: Mul, múl, mùl, mũl, múľ, muł, and -mul-

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English multiple languages.

Symbol

mul

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for multiple languages.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Translingual terms

Bakulung

Noun

mul

  1. water

References

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (pig). Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lao ໝູ (), ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (), Shan မူ (mǔu), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (), Zhuang mou, Nong Zhuang mu, Saek หมู่.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu˨˦/

Noun

mul

  1. pig

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mūlus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mul m (plural muls, feminine mula, feminine plural mules)

  1. mule

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmul]
  • Hyphenation: mul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mūlus.

Noun

mul m anim

  1. mule (a hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
    Synonym: mula
Declension

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mull.

Noun

mul m inan

  1. gauze (cotton fabric)
    Synonym: gáza
Declension

Further reading

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adjective

mul

  1. bad

Noun

mul m

  1. evil

Danish

Verb

mul

  1. imperative of mule

Estonian

Pronoun

mul

  1. adessive singular of ma

Usage notes

  • Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed, minul (adessive of mina) is used.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūlus.

Noun

mul m (Old Dauphinois)

  1. male mule

Derived terms

References

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mulъ (mule), from Latin mūlus. Cognate with Polish muł, Czech mula, Serbo-Croatian mȕla, and Russian мул (mul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mul/

Noun

mul m anim (feminine mula)

  1. mule (generic or male)

Declension

References

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mul”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mul”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

mul

  1. alternative form of mollen

Etymology 2

Noun

mul

  1. alternative form of mule

Etymology 3

Noun

mul

  1. alternative form of molle (rubbish)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mūl (mule).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːl/

Noun

mūl m

  1. mule

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative mūl mūlas
accusative mūl mūlas
genitive mūles mūla
dative mūle mūlum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: mule

Old French

Noun

mul oblique singularm (oblique plural mus or muls, nominative singular mus or muls, nominative plural mul)

  1. mule (animal)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmul/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: mul
  • Homophones: mól, Mól, Mul

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moule. Doublet of muskuł and muszla.

Noun

mul m animal

  1. (informal) blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)
    Synonym: omułek jadalny
  2. (informal) Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
    Synonym: omułek śródziemnomorski
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mul

  1. second-person singular imperative of mulić

Further reading

  • mul in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sumerian

Romanization

mul

  1. romanization of 𒀯 (mul)

Tatar

Adjective

mul

  1. abundant, full

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mul]

Noun

mul (nominative plural muls)

  1. month

Declension

Declension of mul
singular plural
nominative mul muls
genitive mula mulas
dative mule mules
accusative muli mulis
vocative 1 o mul! o muls!
predicative 2 mulu mulus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mul, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉl (compare Middle Breton mul), from Latin mūlus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mul m (plural mulod or muloedd or mulioedd, feminine mules)

  1. mule, hinny
    Synonyms: mŵl, miwl
  2. shoemaker's last

Derived terms

  • llyncu mul (to sulk)
  • yn ei ful (sulking, in a sulk)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mul
radical soft nasal aspirate
mul ful unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mul”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

mul c (plural mullen, diminutive multsje)

  1. middle
  2. waist

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mul (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yapese

Verb

mul

  1. to fall