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Wiktionary

molt

See also: mòlt

English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

Noun

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molt (plural molts)

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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molt

  1. (rare) simple past of melt

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.

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Adjective

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

  1. much, many
    Synonym: força
    Antonym: poc
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Adverb

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molt

  1. very
    Synonym: força
    Antonyms: gaire, gens, poc, una mica

Noun

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molt m (uncountable)

  1. a lot, a great deal, a large amount
    Antonyms: poc, una mica

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin molitus. Compare Occitan mòut.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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

  1. past participle of moldre

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Irish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)

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

Declension

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Declension of molt

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative molt moilt
Vocative a mhoilt a mholta
Genitive moilt molt
Dative molt moilt

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an molt na moilt
Genitive an mhoilt na molt
Dative leis an molt

don mholt

leis na moilt

Mutation

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

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 89
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

Adjective

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molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

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

Declension

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Declension of molt
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject molz molte molt
Oblique molt molte molt
Plural Subject molt moltes molt
Oblique molz moltes molt

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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

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Descendants

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  • French: moult

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)

  1. ram, wether

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative molt moltL muiltL
Vocative muilt moltL moltuH
Accusative moltN moltL moltuH
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

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Descendants

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Mutation

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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molt m

  1. Alternative form of mult

Mutation

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