מול

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Contraction of מאול, from אול (to be in front).

Preposition

מוּל • (mul)

  1. Opposite, against, facing.
Inflection
Inflection table
base form מוּל־ (mul-)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f m f
1st person מוּלִי (mulí, facing me) מוּלֵנוּ (mulénu, facing us)
2nd person מוּלְךָ (mulkhá, facing you) מוּלֵךְ (mulékh, facing you) מוּלְכֶם (mulkhém, facing you) מוּלְכֶן (mulkhén, facing you)
3rd person מוּלוֹ (muló, facing him) מוּלָהּ (mulá, facing her) מוּלָם (mulám, facing them) מוּלָן (mulán, facing them)
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From English mole.

Noun

מוֹל • (molm

  1. (chemistry, physics) mole (in the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.))

Etymology 3

From French moule.

Noun

מוֹל • (mulm (plural indefinite מולים)

  1. (zoology) mussel

References

  • מול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading