# molt
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)
* US standard spelling of moult.

#### Noun

molt (plural molts)
* US standard spelling of moult.

#### References

* molt in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

molt
* (rare) simple past of melt

### Anagrams

* LMTO, Motl

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmol]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmolt]

#### Adjective

molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)
* much, many
    Synonym: força
    Antonym: poc

##### Derived terms

* com a molt
* de molt
* molt de gust
* molta sort
* moltíssim
* per molts anys

#### Adverb

molt
* very
    Synonym: força
    Antonyms: gaire, gens, poc, una mica

#### Noun

molt m (uncountable)
* a lot, a great deal, a large amount
    Antonyms: poc, una mica

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin molitus. Compare Occitan mòut.

#### Alternative forms

* mòlt (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmɔl]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɔlt]

#### Participle

molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)
* past participle of moldre

### References

* “molt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “molt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “molt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “molt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish molt (“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /mˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /mˠɞl̪ˠh/; /mˠɔl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /mˠɔl̪ˠh/
* (Ulster) IPA: /mˠɔl̪ˠt̪ˠ/

### Noun

molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)
* wether
* (figuratively) sulky, morose person

#### Declension

First declension

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 89
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “molt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* mult, mout, multe, mot, mut

### Etymology

From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

### Adjective

molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)
* much; many; a lot of
    moltes bataillesmany battles

#### Declension

| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Singular | Subject | molz | molte | molt |
| Singular | Oblique | molt | molte | molt | molte | molt |
| Plural | Subject | molt | moltes | molt | molt |
| Plural | Oblique | molz | moltes | molt | moltes | molt |

### Adverb

molt (invariable)
* very, a lot, a great deal
** 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:A Abevile ot un bouchier, Que si voison orent molt chier.In Abbeville there was a butcher, Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

#### Synonyms

* (adjective): maint
* (adverb): maint, biau cop

#### Descendants

* French: moult

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (molt)
* mut on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mol͈t]

### Noun

molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)
* ram, wether

#### Declension

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | molt | molt$^L$ | muilt$^L$ |
| Vocative | muilt | molt$^L$ | moltu$^H$ |
| Accusative | molt$^N$ | molt$^L$ | moltu$^H$ |
| Genitive | muilt$^L$ | molt | molt$^N$ |
| Dative | molt$^L$ | moltaib | moltaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* moltán
* moltrad

#### Descendants

* Irish: molt
* Manx: mohlt
* Scottish Gaelic: mult

### Further reading

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

molt m
* Alternative form of mult