, comp. moiche, a., early, timely, soon; used mostly in the adverbial form, go moch, early (in Wat. doich is used for moch).

, -e, a., ripe before its time, early ripe.

, -a, f., early rising.

, -air, pl. id., m., a high sea.

, f., dawn.

, mochen, as interj., welcome! hail! well done! mochean d'altrom an oirbhirt (Fer.); O. Ir. fochen.

, early and late (also moch mall).

, f., early rising (mochóirighe is the word used in M. and in Con., somet. mochóidighe). See moichéirghe.

See <<moich-éirgheach>>.

, -oichte, a., pregnant, bulky (O'N.).

, -adh, I increase, augment; magnify, enhance.

, m., the dawn of day.

, -a, pl. id., m., system, mode, manner; respect, honour, civility; work; array, fashion, condition, situation; measure; ar modh, in a manner; ar mhodh go, so that; ar mhodh ar bith, anyhow, at all events; i modh, as, by way of; ar an modh soin, in that way; ar modh nach, so that not; thar modh, beyond measure.

See <<moghaidheacht>>.

, -mhla, a., mannerly, gracious, courteous, gentle, mild, modest, well-bred; systematic, orderly.

, -a, f., gentleness, modesty, good breeding.

, -aighe, a., polite, refined, stately. See modhmharach.

, indec. a., muddy, rough, dirty, discoloured; surly, grim, forbidding.

, -a, f., state of being discoloured; unpleasantness, surliness.

, -aire, a., fashionable, modest, stately; gentle.

, -aighe, a., mannerly, stately, noble. See modhamhrach.

, g. id. and -dh, dat. -idh, pl. mogha, m., a slave, a labourer, a plebeian (moghaidhe, id.).

, -a, f., exercise, labour, husbandry; liege subjection.

, -aill, pl. id., m., a mesh, the mesh of a net; slios-mhogall, the mesh of double thread along the foot of a net (Ker.).

, -aill, pl. id., m., the apple (of the eye); a husk; a globe; a cluster of nuts; shell of any fruit; a mole; mogall Mhuire, a mole; ball dobhráin, a mole (Con. and U.).

, -aighe, a., full of husks, clustering; plenteous (of the hair); murky (of the atmosphere).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a mesh-measure; a little rod for measuring the length of thread required for a mesh in repairing a net (Ker.).

See <<mogallach>>.

, -e, a., soft, tender, delicate, fine.

, -a, f., softness, fineness, tenderness, delicacy.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., salmon.

, g. id., f., slavery, bondage, service.

, g. id., f., earliness, soonness, dawn of day.

, -a, f., earliness, soonness.

, g. id., f., early rising (mochóirighe is the spoken word in M.); is ort a bhí an

, -ghighe, a., early rising.

, -éirghe, v. intr., I rise early.

, -a, f., early rising; dá mh. d'éirgheas, however early I arose.

See <<maoidheamh>>.

See <<maoidhim>>.

(mo-ghéanar), good luck, a term of salutation like mo chean; also as a., happy, joyous, festive. See méanar.

, indec. a., soft, plump, well-looking. See <<moglaidh>>.

, -e, f., a mole; a heap cast up.

, -e, -lte, f., a delay; a stay, a hindrance; ar na moillibh, latterly, recently (Don., C. S.); gan mórán moill, before very long (Don.). See maill.

, g. id., f., slowness, lateness, delaying; ag dul 'un moille, getting delayed (N. Con.); moille radhairc, defective vision.

, -a, f., slowness, lateness; lingering.

, -a, f., delaying, loitering.

, -iughadh, v. tr. & intr., I delay, retard; also moillim.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small wether; a hogget.

, -a, m., hemlock (also muinmhear).

, f., a comet, móinín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little bog, moor, fen, or marsh; a place for hurling or dancing; a place burned for tillage (P. O'C.).

, -e, -eacha, f., an ant, a pismire.

, -e, f., dregs, lees, filth

, -tighe, a., dirty, filthy.

, -éil, m., mortar.

, -a, f., plastering.

, -éir, m., a pounding-mortar.

See <<muirtil>>.

, -e, -eacha, f., a tenon, a mortice, a groove.

, -thighe, a., sensible.

, -mhla, a., sulky, nice, pettish.

, -a, f., niceness, pettishness, sulkiness (from moit, preciseness, sulkiness).

, g. muil and mola, pl. id., m., a beam, a shaft; a heap; a flock, a number; mol muilinn, a mill-shaft; a wheelstock.

, g. molta, pl. id., m., act of praising; praise, thanksgiving; act of awarding; an award; moladh beirte, an arbitration or award made by two persons in a disputed case; so-mholta, praiseworthy.

, -adh, v. tr., I praise, extol, applaud, commend, glorify; I declare, I award, I arbitrate; I recommend (with do); molaim thú, I envy you (somet. ironically, I do not envy you).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a brow, a hill; a small heap or hill, a mole.

, -aighe, a., praiseworthy; laudatory.

, -áin, pl. id., m., cheese made from buttermilk; also a slough or bog. See mulchán.

, -aighe, a., ragged, rough, shaggy. See mothallach.

, -e, f., trouble, harm; duine gan mhairg gan mhollaid, a quiet, inoffensive person (Don.); Sc. mulaid, grief.

(molla-chloch)

, f., a large round stone.

, g. muilt, pl. id., m., a wether, a sheep; Tobar na Molt, Wethers' Well, near Tralee; Cuairtín na Molt, a townland in Kerry.

, -aighe, a., laudatory; praising, extolling.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a wether.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small wether (moiltín, id.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a praiser, a panegyrist.

, -nighe, a., small and bulky; as subs., a stirk; a nickname (W. Ker.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a round bundle, dim. momalóigín, id.

, -air, m., backbiting, detraction; a murmuring, a grumbling; peacadh an mhonabair, the sin of detraction (also monabhar, monbar, and monbhar).

, -air, m., labour, work (O'N.).

, -n, -in, f., a workshop (from monar and cha, like ceárdcha, from ceárd and cha).

See <<monabar>>.

See <<monabar>>.

, g. muinge, pl. -a and -acha, f., the mane or crest of a beast; a beard; long hair of the head; a growth of grass, wood, etc.; hence, a grove, a wood, a forest.

, g. muinge, pl. -a, -acha, f., a fen, a moor, a morass, a swampy plain; tré imeallaibh churraigh, tré mhongaibh, tré shlím-ruaidhtibh, through margins of morasses, through meads, through barren moorlands (O'Ra.).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., whiting (a fish) (merlangus vulgaris), rather pollock than whiting (Aran).

, -aighe, a., fiery, red.

, -gháire, -ártha, f., a roaring, a noise like that of the sea.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a shaver, a clipper, a trimmer.

, -a, f., trimming, clipping, pecking.

, auburn or yellow hair.

, -dhighe, a., auburn-haired; mong-bhuidhe, id.

, g. id., m. a monkey, an ape.

, -aigh, m., the bushy mane of a horse.

, interj., sorrow; alas! woe is me! woe is the day! used like the Lat. vae; monuar dhaoibh, vae vobis.

, Morrogh, a man's name, esp. Morrogh of the Burnings, a notorious Earl of Inchiquin, who in the time of the Civil War destroyed houses and churches by fire without scruple. His memory is fresh still amongst the inhabitants of Munster. Chonnaic sé Morchadh, he got a taste of Morrogh, i.e. he has been overtaken by dire calamities; thug sí Murchadh dhó, she gave him a beating.

, m., the falling sickness.

, -ais, m., eruption (O'N.).

, -guighthe, m., corruption, act of corrupting.

, -adh, v. tr., I corrupt (morguighim, id.).

, -aighe, a., corrupting, corrupted.

, -a, f., corruption, rottenness (morgthas, id.).

, -uighthe, m., putrefaction, corruption.

, indec. a., corrupt, putrid.

, g. id., m., wormwood (artemisia absinthium).

, g. muirt, m., murder, death (Lat. mors); also filth, ordure (O'N.). See muirt.

, -óige, -óga, f., a heap (also muiseog); m. phréataidhe, a heap of potatoes (Don.).

, -a, m., the male of any creature.

, -aill, pl. id., m., a fleece; a bush of hair, shag, or fur.

, -aighe, a., fleecy, hairy, mothar, -air, pl. id., m., a field, a park; in Co. Clare, a stone fort in ruins; somet. applied to any stone house in ruins, or to any stone enclosure; a woody swamp.

, -air, pl. id., m., a tuft, a cluster; a cluster of trees; long, dry vegetable growth of a fibrous kind (E. Ker.).

, -air, pl. id., m., a high sea; a loud noise.

, m., a tom-cat (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., fleecy, hairy, shaggy; rough; also mothallach.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a man with a bush of unkempt hair; a man's name.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a moor, a woody swamp.

, -uighthe, pl. id., m., a feeling, a touch; perception.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I feel. perceive; know; touch; I feel the loss of, miss; I hear; níor

, -thighe, a., feeling, sensible; perceptive; sensitive.