molt

See also: mòlt

English

Verb

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

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

Noun

molt (plural molts)

  1. US standard spelling of moult.

References

Verb

molt

  1. (rare) simple past of melt

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. much, many
    Synonym: força
    Antonym: poc
Derived terms

Adverb

molt

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

Noun

molt m (uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin molitus. Compare Occitan mòut.

Alternative forms
  • mòlt (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

Participle

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

  1. past participle of moldre

References

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /mˠɞl̪ˠh/[1]; IPA(key): /mˠɔl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /mˠɔl̪ˠh/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠɔl̪ˠt̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)

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

Declension
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
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.

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

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

Adjective

molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

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

Declension
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

Adverb

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

Descendants
  • French: moult

References

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mol͈t/

Noun

molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)

  1. ram, wether

Declension
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
  • moltán
  • moltrad

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
molt
also mmolt after a proclitic		 molt
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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

molt m

  1. Alternative form of mult
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