# Mull
## English
### Etymology 1

From the noun mull (“crag, promontory”). Known in Old Norse as Myl.

#### Proper noun

Mull
* An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From mulligatawny.

#### Noun

Mull (plural Mulls)
* (Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
** 1837, Asiatic Journal, page 251:The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.
** 1844, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 8, page 394:[…] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […]
** 1852, Notes and Queries (1st ser. v. 165)
    [R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'

##### References

* Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Mull”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

## German
### Etymology 1

Byform of Müll (“waste, rubbish”, older also “earth, dust”), which see. Related with English mould (“loose earth”), but not directly cognate.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʊl/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, no plural)
* (chiefly Northern Germany) mould, loose earth

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Derived terms

* Mullboden
* Torfmull

### Etymology 2

From Low German Mull, from Middle Low German mul, mol. Cognate with Dutch mol, English mole. Related with German Molch (“salamander”).

#### Pronunciation

* Like etymology 1 above.

#### Noun

Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural Mulle)
* (dialectal) Synonym of Maulwurf (“mole”)
* (biology, in compounds) one of various mammals that dig subterranean burrows

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Derived terms

* Beutelmull
* Blessmull
* Goldmull
* Graumull
* Nacktmull
* Spitzmull
* Sternmull

### Etymology 3

From English mull, shortened from mulmul, from Hindi मलमल (malmal).

#### Pronunciation

* Like etymology 1 above.

#### Noun

Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural (rare) Mulle)
* gauze (very thin fabric, generally used for medical purposes)

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Derived terms

* Mullbinde
* Mullgewebe
* Mullkompresse
* Mullverband

### Etymology 4

From English Mull.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mal/

#### Proper noun

Mull n (proper noun, genitive Mulls or (optionally with an article) Mull)
* Mull (an island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland)

### Further reading

* “Mull” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Mull” in Duden online

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mul/
* Rhymes: -ul

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mule, from Old Dutch *mūla, from Proto-Germanic *mūlō.

#### Noun

Mull f (plural Mulle, diminutive Mülltje) (Eupen)
* mouth of an animal
* (possibly derogatory) mouth of a person
* kiss

### Etymology 2

From a clipping of Mullber, from Proto-West Germanic *mōrubaʀi (“mulberry”).

#### Noun

Mull f (plural Mulle) (Eupen)
* raspberry

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From French moûle, from Latin musculus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mul/
* Rhymes: -ul

### Noun

Mull f (plural Mullen)
* mussel