mugil

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See also: Mugil and múgil

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

mugil (plural mugils)

Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡil/, [ˈmuːɡɪɫ̪]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.d͡ʒil/, [ˈmuːd͡ʒil]

Noun[edit]

mūgil m (genitive mūgilis); third declension

grey mullet

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūgil	mūgilēs
Genitive	mūgilis	mūgilium mūgilum
Dative	mūgilī	mūgilibus
Accusative	mūgilem	mūgilēs
Ablative	mūgile	mūgilibus
Vocative	mūgil	mūgilēs

Descendants[edit]

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mūgō
- Italian: muggine
- Occitan: muge
  - → French: muge

References[edit]

“mugil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yagara[edit]

Noun[edit]

mugil

Alternative form of magul.

References[edit]

State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugarabul Body Parts.

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