mugil

See also: Mugil and múgil

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mugil (plural mugils)

Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

Latin

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.ɡɪɫ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.d͡ʒil]

Noun

mūgil m (genitive mūgilis); third declension

grey mullet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūgil	mūgilēs
genitive	mūgilis	mūgilium mūgilum
dative	mūgilī	mūgilibus
accusative	mūgilem	mūgilēs
ablative	mūgile	mūgilibus
vocative	mūgil	mūgilēs

Descendants

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mūgō, *mūgĭne
- Italian: muggine
- Occitan: muge
  - → French: muge

References

“mugil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yagara

Noun

mugil

alternative form of magul

References

State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugarabul Body Parts.