# mul
## Translingual
### Symbol

mul
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for multiple languages.

## Bakulung
### Noun

mul
* water

### References

* Roger Blench, Jarawan Bantu: New data and its relation to Bantu (2006), page 13

## Bouyei
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (“pig”). Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lao ໝູ (mū), Lü ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (mú), Shan မူ (mǔu), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (mū), Zhuang mou, Nong Zhuang mu, Saek หมู่.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu˨˦/

### Noun

mul
* pig

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin mūlus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmul]
* Rhymes: -ul

### Noun

mul m (plural muls, feminine mula)
* mule

#### Derived terms

* mular
* mulat
* mulater
* mulenc

### Further reading

* “mul” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmul]
* Hyphenation: mul
* Rhymes: -ul

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mūlus.

#### Noun

mul m anim
* mule (a hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
    Synonym: mula

##### Declension
#### See also

* mezek

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mull.

#### Noun

mul m inan
* gauze (cotton fabric)
    Synonym: gáza

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “mul”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “mul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* mal

### Etymology

From Latin malus.

### Adjective

mul
* bad

### Noun

mul m
* evil

## Danish
### Verb

mul
* imperative of mule

## Estonian
### Pronoun

mul
* adessive singular of ma

#### Usage notes

* Used unstressed in a sentence. When the pronoun is stressed, minul (adessive of mina) is used.

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* mol, moul (Old Lyonnais)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūlus.

### Noun

mul m (Old Dauphinois)
* male mule

#### Derived terms

* mulèt

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mūlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 211

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mulъ (“mule”), from Latin mūlus. Cognate with Polish muł, Czech mula, Serbo-Croatian mȕla, and Russian мул (mul).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mul/

### Noun

mul m anim (feminine mula)
* mule (generic or male)

#### Declension
### References

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mul”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mul”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

mul
* Alternative form of mollen

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mul
* Alternative form of mule

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

mul
* Alternative form of molle (“rubbish”)

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mūl (“mule”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːl/

### Noun

mūl m
* mule

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* Mūl

#### Descendants

* Middle English: mule
** English: mule
*** → Hawaiian: miula
*** → Irish: miúil
*** → Maori: miūru

## Old French
### Noun

mul oblique singular, m (oblique plural mus or muls, nominative singular mus or muls, nominative plural mul)
* mule (animal)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmul/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ul
* Syllabification: mul
* Homophones: mól, Mól, Mul

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moule. Doublet of muskuł and muszla.

#### Noun

mul m animal
* (informal) blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)
    Synonym: omułek jadalny
* (informal) Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
    Synonym: omułek śródziemnomorski

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mul
* second-person singular imperative of mulić

### Further reading

* mul in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Sumerian
### Romanization

mul
* Romanization of 𒀯 (mul)

## Tatar
### Adjective

mul
* abundant, full

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mul]

### Noun

mul (nominative plural muls)
* month

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Related terms

* -ul (“bound morpheme: month”)
* yanul (yan- + -ul): January; febul (feb- + -ul): February; mäzul (mäz- + -ul): March; prilul (pril- + -ul): April; mayul (may- + -ul): May; yunul (yun- + -ul): June; yulul (yul- + -ul): July; gustul (gust- + -ul): August; setul (set- + -ul): September; tobul (tob- + -ul): October; novul (nov- + -ul): November; dekul (dek- + -ul) December
* balul (bal “one” + -ul): January; telul (tel “two” + -ul): February; kilul (kil “three” + -ul): March; folul (fol “four” + -ul): April; lulul (lul “five” + -ul): May; mälul (mäl “six” + -ul): June; velul (vel “seven” + -ul): July; jölul (jöl “eight” + -ul): August; zülul (zül “nine” + -ul): September; degul (deg “ten” + -ul): October; degbalul (degbal “eleven” + -ul): November [cf. babul (balsebal + -ul) and degbul (degb- +-ul)]; degtelul (degtel “twelve” + -ul): December [cf. batul (balsetel + -ul) and degtul (degt- + -ul)]

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Latin mūlus.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /mɨːl/
* (South Wales) IPA: /miːl/
* Rhymes: -ɨːl
* Homophone: mil (South Wales)

### Noun

mul m (plural mulod or muloedd or mulioedd, feminine mules)
* mule, hinny
    Synonyms: mŵl, miwl
* shoemaker's last

#### Derived terms

* llyncu mul (“to sulk”)
* yn ei ful (“sulking, in a sulk”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mul”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## West Frisian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

mul c (plural mullen, diminutive multsje)
* middle
* waist

#### Derived terms

* mulwurd

### Further reading

* “mul (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## Yapese
### Verb

mul
* to fall