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mud
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Mednyj Aleut .
See also
English
Churned-up mud (sense 1)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English mud mudde mode Middle Dutch mod modde Middle Low German mudde Proto-Germanic *mud- *mudra- ( “ mud ” ) , perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū- *mew- ( “ moist ” ) . Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde ( “ mud ” ) , Middle High German mot ( “ mud ” ) , Swedish modd ( “ slush ” ) . Compare also suffixed variants English mother ( “ vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol ” ) , West Frisian modder ( “ mud ” ) , Dutch modder ( “ mud ” ) , German Low German Mudder ( “ mud ” ) , German Moder ( “ moldiness, mildew, decay ” ) , Danish mudder ( “ mud ” ) . Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic Finnish muta ( “ mud ” ) , Northern Sami mođđi ( “ mud ” ) , Erzya мода ( moda , “ earth, ground ” ) from Proto-Uralic *muďa ( “ earth ” ) ).[ 1]
Noun
mud (countable and uncountable plural muds
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment .
A plaster -like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall .
( slang , construction ) concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.( figuratively ) abusive , even slanderous remarks or claims , notably between political opponents.
The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
( slang ) Money , dough , especially when proceeding from dirty business.( LGBTQ ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex .( geology ) particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter , following the Wentworth scale ( slang , derogatory , ethnic slur ) black person.
2013 Homegrown :That includes muds , spics, kikes and niggers.
2015 Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead :How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities [ …]
Drilling fluid .( slang , originally US ) Coffee .( slang ) Opium .
1951 December 20, William S. Burroughs , “To Allen Ginsberg”, in Oliver Harris , editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959 , New York: Penguin, published 1993 , →ISBN page 98 :Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
( slang ) Heroin .( US slang ) Lean .real property in English Land Law
Derived terms
bemud big ball of mud black mud clear as mud drag through the mud giant mud crab grass mud horse happy as a pig in mud here's mud in your eye magic mud Mexican mud turtle Mississippi mud pie mud and stud mud army mudball mudbank mud bath mud biscuit mudboat mud bog mud bogger mud bogging mudbrick mudbucket mudbug mud butt mud cake mudcaked mudcap mud carp mudcat mudcloth mud cone mud cookie mudcovered mud crab (Panopeidae Xanthidae mudcrack mud cracking mud-crusher mud dauber (Sphecidae Crabronidae mudden muddily muddish mud dome mud dragon mud drum mud duck mud-dwelling muddy mud eel mudeo mud-eye mud fence mud fever mud fight mudfish mudflap mud flap mud flat mudflat mud flood mudflow mudguard mudgut mudheap mudhen mud hen mud-hogs mudhole mudhook mudhopper mudhouse mud kicker mud-kicker mudkicker mud kitchen mudland mudlark mudless mudlike mudlined mud lobster (Axiidea Gebiidea mudlogger mudlogging mud machine mudman mud map mudminnow mud minnow mud monkey mudnester mud on one's boots mud out mudpack mud pie mud plantain (Heteranthera mud plug mud pool mudpot mud pot mudprawn mudproof mudpuddle mud pump mudpuppy , mud puppy , mud-puppy (Proteidae mud purslane mud riding mud ring mudrock mud-roofed mudroom mud room mud run mudscape mudscow mud scow mud-scow mud season mud sedge (Carex limosa mud sharking mudshark mud shark mudsill mud skate mudskipper (Oxudercinae mud slab mud sled mudsled mudslide mud slide mudslime mudslinger mudslinging mud slogger mudslum mudsnail mud snake mudsnake mudspate mudstain mudstained mud sticks mudstone mud student mudsucker mud sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis mud turtle (Kinosternon mud volcano mudwall mudwalled mud wasp (Sphecidae Crabronidae mud water mudworm mudwort mudwrestler mud wrestler mud wrestler's rash mud wrestling name is mud nonmud Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae one's name is mud pluff mud red mud sea mud stick in the mud stick-in-the-mud stuck in the mud throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick Vallarta mud turtle (Kinosternon vogti
Related terms
Translations
mixture of soil and water
Abkhaz: аӽәынҵәа
Afrikaans: modder (af)
Ahtna: bestlʼes łecʼak
Albanian: lym (sq) m baltë (sq) f llom (sq) m llucë (sq) f llaç (sq) m
Altai:
Southern Altai: кир ( kir )
Arabic: طِين m ( ṭīn ) , وَحْل (ar) m ( waḥl )
Egyptian Arabic: طين m ( ṭīn ) , طينة f ( ṭīna )
Moroccan Arabic: غيس m ( ḡīs )
South Levantine Arabic: وَحل m ( wáḥel )
Armenian: ցեխ (hy) ( cʻex )
Old Armenian: ցեխ ( cʻex ) , գայռ ( gayṙ )
Assamese: বোকা ( büka )
Asturian: folla (ast) f llodu m
Avar: хӏарщ ( ḥʳaršš )
Azerbaijani: palçıq (az) , zığ (az) , çirk kir
Basque: lohi (eu) , lokatz (eu)
Belarusian: бруд m ( brud ) , гразь f ( hrazʹ )
Bengali: কাদা (bn) ( kada )
Bhojpuri: पांक ( pāṅk )
Bontoc:
Eastern Bontoc: pitak
Breton: fank (br) m pri (br) m
Bulgarian: кал (bg) f ( kal ) , тиня (bg) f ( tinja )
Burmese: ရွှံ့ (my) ( hrwam. ) , ဗွက် (my) ( bwak )
Carpathian Rusyn: боло́то n ( bolóto )
Catalan: fang (ca) m llot (ca) m
Cebuano: lapok
Chamicuro: ijpola
Chechen: мода ( moda )
Chickasaw: lokfi'
Chinese:
Mandarin: 坭 (zh) ( ní ) , 污泥 (zh) ( wūní )
Chipewyan: hatłʼés
Chuvash: пылчӑк ( pylč̬ăk )
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: ntrontro class 9 /10 , nkafu class 9 /10
Coptic:
Bohairic Coptic: ⲗⲱⲓϩⲓ ( lōihi )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲗⲟⲓϩⲉ ( loihe )
Cornish: leys
Corsican: fangu
Crimean Tatar: şamır
Czech: bláto (cs) n
Danish: mudder (da) n ælte n
Dutch: modder (nl) m slijk (nl) n smurrie (nl)
Esperanto: koto (eo) , ŝlimo
Estonian: muda (et)
Farefare: bɛglõm class 14
Faroese: runa f
Finnish: muta (fi) , kura (fi) , lieju (fi)
French: boue (fr) f fange (fr) f
Friulian: pantan m
Gagauz: çamur fläşka
Galician: lama (gl) f barro (gl) m lar (gl) m lorda f zoltra f untullo m vasa f
Gallo: bouillon m
Georgian: ტალახი ( ṭalaxi )
German: Schlamm (de) m Kot (de) m
Greek: λάσπη (el) f ( láspi ) , πηλός (el) m ( pilós ) , βόρβορος (el) m ( vórvoros ) , γύψος (el) m ( gýpsos )
Ancient Greek: βόρβορος m ( bórboros ) , ἰλύς f ( ilús )
Guianese Creole: labou
Haida: cháan
Hausa: taɓo
Hebrew: בֹּץ (he) m ( bots )
Hindi: कीचड़ (hi) m ( kīcaṛ ) , पंक (hi) m ( paṅk )
Hmong:
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: sár (hu) , iszap (hu)
Icelandic: leðja (is) f
Ido: fango (io)
Ifugao:
Tuwali Ifugao: pitok
Ilocano: pitak
Indonesian: lumpur (id)
Irish: láib f lathach f clábar m lábán m
Italian: fango (it) m
Japanese: 泥 (ja) ( どろ , doro)
Javanese: lendhut (jv)
Old Javanese: eṇḍut
Kalinga:
Lubuagan Kalinga: pitok
Southern Kalinga: piyo
Kamrupi: পেক (pek)
Kapampangan: burak
Kazakh: балшық ( balšıq ) , батпақ ( batpaq )
Khmer: ភក់ (km) ( pūək )
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: няйт ( ńajt )
Korean: 진흙 (ko) ( jinheuk )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قڕ ( qirr )
Northern Kurdish: herî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: баткак (ky) ( batkak ) , кир (ky) ( kir )
Lao: ຕົມ ( tom ) , ບົງ ( bong ) , ຂີ້ຕົມ ( khī tom )
Latin: līmus m lutum n
Latvian: dubļi
Lithuanian: dumblas m
Lombard: palta (lmo) f
Low German: Modder (nds) m Slick m Mudd m
Luxembourgish: Schlamm m
Macedonian: кал f ( kal )
Malagasy: fòtaka (mg)
Malay: lumpur (ms)
Brunei Malay: lumpur
Malayalam: ചെളി (ml) ( ceḷi ) , ചേറ് (ml) ( cēṟŭ )
Maltese: tajn m
Manchu: ᠯᡳᡶᠠᡥᠠᠨ ( lifahan )
Māori: paru kene ōi ( soft ) , wharu kōhī ( used for dyeing )
Marathi: चिखल n ( cikhal )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: лавыра ( lavyra )
Western Mari: лявӹрӓ ( ĺavÿrä ) , лӓврӓ ( lävrä )
Mauritian Creole: labou
Miwok:
Lake Miwok: lóppuk
Mongolian: шавар (mn) ( šavar )
Navajo: hashtłʼish
Neapolitan: lota f
Nepali: हिलो (ne) ( hilo )
Norman: vâtre boe varva
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søle (no) m or f gjørme (no) m or f leire m or f
Nynorsk: søle f gjørme f leire f
Nuxalk: stqw
Occitan: fanga (oc) f baudra (oc) f baldra (oc) f
Odia: କାଦୁଅ (or) ( kaadua )
Old Church Slavonic: брьна f ( brĭna )
Old English: fenn n wase f
Oromo: dhoqqee
Osage: mąąstósto
Ossetian: гам ( gam )
Persian: گل (fa) ( gel )
Plautdietsch: Mautsch m
Polish: błoto (pl) n bagno (pl) n ( colloquial )
Portuguese: lama (pt) f barro (pt) m lodo (pt)
Quechua: mitu t'uru
Romanian: noroi (ro) n nămol (ro) n
Romansh: lozza f loza f
Russian: грязь (ru) f ( grjazʹ ) , сля́коть (ru) f ( sljákotʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: clàbar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: блато n муљ m гли̑б m ка̑л m каљ m
Latin: blato (sh) n mulj (sh) m glȋb (sh) m kȃl (sh) m kalj (sh) m
Sicilian: fangu m
Sidamo: sabba
Slovak: blato (sk) n
Slovene: blato (sl) n
Somali: dhoobo (so)
Sotho: seretse
Spanish: lodo (es) m barro (es) m fango (es) m limo (es) m
Swahili: tope (sw) class ma
Swedish: ( less water ) lera (sv) c ( more water ) gyttja (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠙꠦꠇ ( fex )
Tagalog: putik
Tajik: лой (tg) ( loy ) , гил (tg) ( gil ) , лоиқа ( loyiqa )
Tamil: சேறு (ta) ( cēṟu )
Tanana:
Lower Tanana: tl'esr
Tarifit: abeǧaɛ m
Tausug: pisak
Telugu: బురద (te) ( burada ) , (please verify ) ఆడుసు ( āḍusu ) అడుసు (te) ( aḍusu )
Thai: โคลน (th) ( kloon ) , เลน (th) ( leen )
Tibetan: འདག་པ ( 'dag pa )
Tlingit: ḵutl'kw
Tsuut'ina: gútłʼìs
Tswana: seretse
Turkish: çamur (tr) , balçık (tr)
Old Anatolian Turkish: بلچق ( balçıq ) , چامور ( çamur )
Ottoman Turkish: چامور ( çamur )
Turkmen: palçyk kir çor çyrşak
Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
Udmurt: дэри ( deri )
Ukrainian: грязь (uk) f ( hrjazʹ ) , бруд (uk) m ( brud ) , болото (uk) n ( boloto ) , багно (uk) n ( bahno )
Urdu: کیچڑ (ur) m ( kīcaṛ )
Uyghur: لاي ( lay )
Uzbek: loy (uz) , loyqa (uz)
Venetan: palta (vec) f
Vietnamese: bùn (vi) , sình (vi)
Walloon: broû (wa) m or f berdouye (wa) f
Wappo: wálma
Welsh: llaca m llaid m llwtra m
Wolaytta: urqqaa
Yakut: бадараан ( badaraan )
Yámana: pantru
Yiddish: בלאָטע f ( blote )
Zazaki: lınci
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
ǃXóõ: ǂqʻáa ká
Translations to be checked
Verb
mud (third-person singular simple present muds present participle mudding simple past and past participle mudded
( transitive ) muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).( transitive ) turbid .( intransitive ) eel does.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Dutch mud West Germanic Latin modius Doublet of modius muid
Noun
mud (plural muds or mudden
( historical ) traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size , frequently about 3 bushels .( historical ) traditional Dutch unit of land area , vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed .( historical ) kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
Synonyms
Etymology 3
From MUD
Noun
mud (plural muds
Alternative letter-case form of MUD ( “ multi-user dungeon ” ) .
1992 November 1, Christina Marie O'Sullivan, “Mud Research”, in alt.mud [1] Usenet ):My learning-circle work group is researching the topic of muds , and we would like to hear from the following people: [ …]
1993 June 19, Larry Mulcahy, quoting Bibo, “Alt.suicide.holiday MUD”, in alt.tasteless [2] Usenet ):Because of the paranoia on ash, I have created a mud for the group. [ …] The reason that this message is posted trought[sic anon.penet.fi, is that the mud is not very legal, there will, however, be no difficulties unless someone does something really stupid to alert the admins. 1995 September 24, Steve Hyatt, “Looking for Imp/Wiz position”, in rec.games.mud.misc [3] Usenet ):Experience - I have started a couple of successful muds , including Arctic Diku.
1997 September 15, Arnd Empting, “playing muds in xemacs?”, in comp.emacs.xemacs [4] Usenet ):Is there a way (and if possible perhaps an example) how to use Xemacs for playing muds ?
Derived terms
Verb
mud (third-person singular simple present muds present participle mudding simple past and past participle mudded
( intransitive , Internet ) MUD or multi-user dungeon .
Alternative form: MUD 1997 Reinventing technology, rediscovering community , page 153 :Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently [ …]
References
^ Aikio, Ante. 2002. "New and Old Samoyed Etymologies". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 57 , pp. 9–57.
Further reading
Anagrams
Breton
Adjective
mud
mute
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mudde Latin modius ( “ bushel ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mud n plural mudden diminutive mudje n or muddeken n
an old measure of volume, varying in content over time and regions; nowadays usually 1 hectoliter
Een mud is zo'n 70 kilo aardappelen One mud is about 70 kg of potatoes
a wooden container having such content; again used as measure for bulk wares sold in it, such as cereals
a land measure , presumably supposedly the area sown with that much seed
a small measure for liquids , about 1 deciliter
Derived terms
Descendants
Ghadames
Etymology
Borrowed from Tuareg mud muhəd ( “ to pray ” ) , from a Proto-Berber to do .
Verb
mud (verbal noun atəmud
to pray
Derived terms
References
Jacques Lanfry (1973 ), Ghadamès: Etude linguistique et ethnographique. II, Glossaire (parler des Ayt Waziten) , France: le Fichier périodique, page 193
Indonesian
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic مُدّ ( mudd , “ a certain dry measure ” )
Noun
mud (plural mud -mud
( Islam ) dry measure (for dates, water, grains, and other things) varying in size, roughly around 510 grams
Satu sha' setara dengan empat mud ― One ṣāʿ is equivalent to 4 mudd
Further reading
Sumerian
Romanization
mud
romanization of 𒄷𒄭 ( mud )
Pronunciation
Noun
mud
mouth
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“mud ”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh mut Proto-Brythonic *mʉd Latin mūtus
Pronunciation
Adjective
mud (feminine singular mud plural mudion not comparable )
mute , dumb , silent ( unable or unwilling to speak )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al. , editors (1950–present), “mud ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
