múisiam

Irish

Alternative forms

  • móisiam, múiseán, múisíom, múisiúm, múisiún

Etymology

Borrowed from English emotion, from French émotion, from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“move out, move away, remove, stir up, agitate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠoːʃia̯mˠ/[1] (corresponding to the alternative form móisiam)

Noun

múisiam m (genitive singular múisiam, nominative plural múisiamaí)

  1. upset, mental disturbance
    Tá múisiam air. ― He is upset.
  2. peevishness, pique
  3. feeling of sickness, nausea, revulsion
    Chuirfeadh an bia úd múisiam ar muc. ― That food would turn a pig's stomach.
  4. heaviness, dullness, drowsiness

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

Further reading

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