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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
mollachd, a curse; the Northern form of mallachd, q.v.
mòlltair, a mould; from Eng. moulter, mould.
molltair, miller's share of the grain or meal (Lewis) = multure:
monadh, a mountain range, W. mynydd, mons, Cor. menit, meneth, O. Br. -monid, M. Br. menez, mountain: *monijo-, *menijo-, root men, eminere, Eng. eminent. Cf. Welsh inscription Monedorigi, "mountain-king"; also middle G. name of St Andrews—Rig-monath (Chronicles). The Ir. monadh appears only in Lh.; O'Br. gives mónadh. The G. word may have been borrowed from the Picts along with the place-names in which it appears: it is rare in Argyle topography.
monaid, heed:
monais, slowness, negligence; root men, stay, Gr. μένω.
monar, a diminutive person or thing, monaran, a mote; see munar.
monasg, chaff, dross; from the root of the above.
monmhur, monaghar, a murmuring noise, Ir. monmhar, monbhar, murmuring, monghair, monghar, roaring: *mon-mur; cf. Lat. murmur.
mór, great, Ir. mór, O. Ir. mór, már, W. mawr, O. W., Cor. maur, Br. meur, Gaul. -mârós; Gr. -μωρος, great, famed (ἐγχεσί-μωρος) in spear-throw; Got. -mêrs, famed, mêrian, proclaim, O. H. G. mâri, famed, -mar in Germanic names Ger. märchen, a tale, Norse mœrr, famous; Slav. -meru (Vladimir, etc.); Lat. merus, Eng. mere. A shorter form of the stem (*mâro-) appears in mò, greater (mâ), q.v.
morbhach, land liable to sea flooding, Ir. murbhach, M. Ir. murmhagh; from muir and magh. Hence the locative A' Mhor'oich, the G. name of Lovat. Aran Ir. muirbheach, sandy soil by the seaside.
morghath, a fishing spear; "sea-spear", from muir and gath? M. Ir. murgai (B. of Lis.).
mòrnan, a small timber dish, Ir. mórnán:
mort, murder, Ir. mort, M. Ir. martad, slaughtering; from Lat. mort- of mors, mortis, death.
mortar, mortar, Ir. mortaoil; from the Eng.
mosach, nasty, dirty; see musach.
mosgail, waken, arouse, Ir. músguilim, músglaim, M. Ir. romuscail, he awoke, musclait, they wake: *imm-od-sc-al, root sec of dùisg.
mosradh, coarse dalliance, mosraiche, smuttiness; from mos with suffix radh. See musach for root.
mothaich, perceive, Ir. mothuighim, M. Ir. mothaigim, perceive, O. Ir. mothaigid, stupeat (?); root mot, met, Lit. matyti, see, Lettic matít, perceive, Ch. Slav. motriti, spectare, Gr. ματεúω, seek.
