moch

From Old Irish moch (“early”), from Proto-Brythonic *mox (“soon, early”), from Proto-Celtic *moxs, from Proto-Indo-European *moḱs

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠʊx/, [mˠʊ̃x]^[1]; /mɔx/^[2]; /mɯx/^[3]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠɔx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠʌx/

moch (genitive singular masculine moch, genitive singular feminine moiche, plural mocha, comparative moiche)

1. early

   Synonym: luath

• mochóirí (“early rising; early riser”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “moch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “moch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “moch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *mox (“soon, early”), from Proto-Celtic *moxs, from Proto-Indo-European *moḱs, whence also Sanskrit मक्षू (makṣū, “fast; early”), Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬱𐬎 (mošu, “soon, quickly”), Latin mox (“soon”). Doublet of mos.

• IPA^(key): [mox]

moch

1. early

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	moch	moch	moch
Vocative	muich* moch**
Accusative	moch	muich
Genitive	muich	muiche	muich
Dative	much	muich	much
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	muich	mocha
Vocative	muchu mocha†
Accusative	muchu mocha†
Genitive	moch
Dative	mochaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

• mos (“soon”)

• Irish: moch
• Manx: mogh
• Scottish Gaelic: moch

moch

1. early, betimes

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Clipping of Moskal + -ch.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔx/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Syllabification: moch

moch m pers

1. (slang) Russian person

• moch in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Irish moch (“early”), from Proto-Brythonic *mox (“soon, early”), from Proto-Celtic *moxs, from Proto-Indo-European *moḱs

• IPA^(key): /mɔx/

moch

1. early

moch

1. early, betimes, soon

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “moch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀xъ, *mъ̏xъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔx/
• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Hyphenation: moch
• Syllabification: moch

moch m inan (diminutive móšk)

1. (botany) moss

• “moch” in Soblex

• IPA^(key): /moːχ/
• Rhymes: -oːχ

From Proto-Brythonic *mox (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.

moch m (collective, singulative mochyn)

1. pigs, swine, hogs
   1. (figuratively) greedy, dirty, lazy, drunk, or immoral persons
2. (mining) small pumps used underground in coal mines to remove water
3. crushers (in quarrying)
4. ridging-ploughs
5. segments (of orange, etc.)

   Synonyms: rhannau, ewinedd, sugennau

From Middle Welsh moch, from Proto-Brythonic *mox (“early, soon”), from Proto-Celtic *moxs, from Proto-Indo-European *moḱs, whence also Sanskrit मक्षू (makṣū, “fast; early”), Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬱𐬎 (mošu, “soon, quickly”), Latin mox (“soon”).

moch

1. (obsolete) soon, early

moch

1. Nasal mutation of boch (“cheek”).

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “moch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies