mún

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mun"

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˠuːn̪ˠ/, /mˠuːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mún.

Noun

mún m (genitive singular múin)

  1. verbal noun of mún
  2. urine
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múnaid (makes water, pisses).

Verb

mún (present analytic múnann, future analytic múnfaidh, verbal noun mún, past participle múnta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) urinate, pee
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mún mhún not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (to make wet). Cognate with Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, urine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muːn]

Noun

mún m

  1. urine

Descendants

  • Irish: mún
  • Manx: moon
  • Scottish Gaelic: mùn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
mún
also mmún after a proclitic
mún
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Vietnamese

Verb

mún

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of muốn (to want)

Usage notes

  • Although spelled as such, the form only occurs in text messages and is never used in a normal conversation in real life, unless one trying to intentionally mimic Internet speech. The same goes to rùi and bùn.

Anagrams

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