mut

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mut"

Translingual

Symbol

mut

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Western Muria.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Western Muria terms

English

Noun

mut (plural muts)

1. (dated) Alternative form of mutt.

Albanian

Etymology

Either from Proto-Albanian *mukta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to release, let loose”) (compare Sanskrit मुक्त (muktá, “released”)) or from Proto-Albanian *mut, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“wet; dirt; to wash”). Compare Armenian մութ (mutʻ, “dark”), Middle Low German modder (“mud”), English mud, Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/

Noun

mut m

1. (vulgar) shit
2. dirty

Declension

Declension of mut

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mut	muti	mutra	mutrat
accusative		mutin
dative	muti	mutit	mutrave	mutrave
ablative			mutrash

Synonyms

• feçe (standard)
• kakë (less vulgar)

See also

• dhjes

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin mūtō. Compare Romanian muta, mut.

Alternative forms

• mutu

Verb

mut (third-person singular mutã, participle mutatã)

1. to move
2. to remove, displace
3. to raise

Related terms

• mutari / mutare
• mutat
• strãmut

Etymology 2

From Latin mūtus. Compare Romanian mut.

Alternative forms

• mutu, amut, amutu

Adjective

mut (feminine mutã, masculine plural muts, feminine plural muti / mute)

1. mute

Derived terms

• mutalj
• mutsãscu / amutsãscu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mut, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmut]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ut

Adjective

mut (feminine muda, masculine plural muts, feminine plural mudes)

1. mute

Derived terms

• emmudir
• mudesa
• sordmut
• tartamut

Noun

mut m (plural muts, feminine muda, feminine plural mudes)

1. mute

Further reading

• “mut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Verb

mut

1. to allow

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin modo. Compare regional Italian mo, compare Romanian măi.

Adverb

mut

1. now

Related terms

• jamo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/, [mud̥]

Adjective

mut

1. sullen, sulky

Inflection

Inflection of mut

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	mut	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	mut	—	—2
plural	mutte	—	—2
definite attributive1	mutte	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut/, [ˈmut̪]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification^(key): mut
• Hyphenation^(key): mut

Etymology 1

Conjunction

mut (colloquial)

1. (coordinating) apocopic form of mutta

Further reading

• “mut”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mut

1. (colloquial) accusative singular of mä

See also

• minut

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

Verb

mut

1. third-person singular past historic of mouvoir

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mūtus.

Adjective

mut

1. mute, dumb

See also

• sort

Hlai

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /mut˥/

Noun

mut

1. quail

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish mutta.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmut/, [ˈmud]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmut/, [ˈmud̥]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Hyphenation: mut

Conjunction

mut

1. but
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.

     The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through [its] own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.

Synonyms

• no, vaa

See also

• odnako (“however”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 315

Ladin

Etymology

Most likely a variation of mat, as in fé da mat ("to play")

Noun

mut m (plural mutons)

1. (Gherdëina) boy, child

   I à doi mutons: n mut y na muta ― They have two children: a boy and a girl

   Tré su n mut ― To raise a child

   Ulà ie pa jit chël mut? ― Where did that boy go?

   Resté vedl mut ― To remain a bachelor

Alternative forms

• möt (Badiot)
• bez, tous (Fascian)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “age”): ël
• (antonym(s) of “gender”): muta

Derived terms

• vedl mut

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

mut

1. second-person singular imperative of miet

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mūtō<ref<https://www.dex.ro/muta</ref>. Compare Aromanian mut, Romanian muta.

Verb

mut

1. I move.

Related terms

• mutari

Middle French

Alternative forms

• muet

Etymology

From Old French mu, mut, mui.

Noun

mut m (plural muts)

1. mute (one who cannot speak)

Adjective

mut m (feminine singular mute, masculine plural mutz, feminine plural mutes)

1. mute (unable to speak)

Descendants

• French: muet

Mizo

Etymology

Stem II of mu (“lie down, sleep”).

Verb

mut

1. to lay down
2. to put to sleep

Noun

mut

1. stem II of mu
   1. sleeping
   2. lying down

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “mut”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• mötje (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian mōta (“must”). Cognates include West Frisian moatte. The sense “may” developed throughout North Frisian, surely starting out from the negative; compare English must not ≈ may not.

Verb

mut

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) may, be allowed to

Conjugation

Conjugation of mut (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	mut
infinitive II	(tu) muten
past participle	moosten
imperative singular	—
imperative plural	—
	present	past
1st singular	mut	moost
2nd singular	mutst	moost
3rd singular	mut	moost
plural	mut	moost
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa moosten	hed moosten
2nd singular	heest moosten	hedst moosten
3rd singular	hee moosten	hed moosten
plural	haa moosten	hed moosten
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal mut	wal mut
2nd singular	skääl mut	wääl mut
3rd singular	skal mut	wal mut
plural	skel mut	wel mut

Conjugation of mut (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	mut
infinitive II	(tö) muten
past participle	maast
imperative	—
	present	past
1st singular	mut	maast
2nd singular	must	maast
3rd singular	mut	maast
plural / dual	mut	maast
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa maast	her maast
2nd singular	heest maast	herst maast
3rd singular	heer maast	her maast
plural / dual	haa maast	her maast
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel mut	wel mut
2nd singular	sket mut	wet mut
3rd singular	skel mut	wel mut
plural / dual	skel mut	wel mut

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mūtus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

mut m (feminine singular muda, masculine plural muts, feminine plural mudas)

1. mute

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 668

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴔𐴟𐴃𐴢 (mut) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit মূত্র (mū́tra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHtram, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *muH-. Cognate with Assamese মূত (mut), Bengali মুত (mut).

Noun

mut (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴟𐴃𐴢)

1. urine

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Adjective

mut m or n (feminine singular mută, masculine plural muți, feminine/neuter plural mute)

1. dumb, mute

Declension

Declension of mut

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mut		mută		muți	mute
	definite	mutul		muta		muții	mutele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mut		mute		muți	mute
	definite	mutului		mutei		muților	mutelor

Derived terms

• muțenie

Related terms

• amuți

Descendants

• → Hungarian: mutuj

See also

• orb
• surd
• vorbi

Etymology 2

Verb

mut

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muta

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut/
• Hyphenation: mut

Etymology 1

Related to umut.

Noun

mut (definite accusative mutu, plural mutlar)

1. joy

Declension

Declension of mut

singular plural nominative mut mutlar definite accusative mutu mutları dative muta mutlara locative mutta mutlarda ablative muttan mutlardan genitive mutun mutların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular mutum mutlarım 2nd singular mutun mutların 3rd singular mutu mutları 1st plural mutumuz mutlarımız 2nd plural mutunuz mutlarınız 3rd plural mutları mutları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular mutumu mutlarımı 2nd singular mutunu mutlarını 3rd singular mutunu mutlarını 1st plural mutumuzu mutlarımızı 2nd plural mutunuzu mutlarınızı 3rd plural mutlarını mutlarını dative singular plural 1st singular mutuma mutlarıma 2nd singular mutuna mutlarına 3rd singular mutuna mutlarına 1st plural mutumuza mutlarımıza 2nd plural mutunuza mutlarınıza 3rd plural mutlarına mutlarına locative singular plural 1st singular mutumda mutlarımda 2nd singular mutunda mutlarında 3rd singular mutunda mutlarında 1st plural mutumuzda mutlarımızda 2nd plural mutunuzda mutlarınızda 3rd plural mutlarında mutlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular mutumdan mutlarımdan 2nd singular mutundan mutlarından 3rd singular mutundan mutlarından 1st plural mutumuzdan mutlarımızdan 2nd plural mutunuzdan mutlarınızdan 3rd plural mutlarından mutlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular mutumun mutlarımın 2nd singular mutunun mutlarının 3rd singular mutunun mutlarının 1st plural mutumuzun mutlarımızın 2nd plural mutunuzun mutlarınızın 3rd plural mutlarının mutlarının

Derived terms

• mutlu (“happy”)
• mutsuz (“unhappy”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُدّ (mudd).

Noun

mut (definite accusative muddu, plural mutlar)

1. (dialectal) a traditional unit, varying in value depending on the region, for measuring grains, flour, or similiar dry goods.

Declension

Declension of mut

	singular	plural
nominative	mut	mutlar
definite accusative	muddu	mutları
dative	mudda	mutlara
locative	mutta	mutlarda
ablative	muttan	mutlardan
genitive	muddun	mutların

Tzeltal

Noun

mut

1. bird

Tzotzil

Noun

mut (plural mutetik)

1. (Zinacantán) bird

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut̪/

Noun

mut

1. charcoal

   Synonym: maamut

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics