mute

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: myo͞ot, IPA: /mjuːt/, SAMPA: /mju:t/

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Adjective

Positive mute

Comparative muter

Superlative mutest

1. Being mute is not talking or making a sound; silent. <> bebe, mai shuru.
2. A person who is mute cannot speak. <> wanda ya rasa iya magana.

Related words

• muteness
• mutism

Noun

Singular mute

Plural mutes

Tilo bebe

Jam'i bebaye

Tilo bebiya

Jam'i bebaye

1. A person who cannot talk. <> wanda ya rasa iya magana.

   Although Jehovah has on occasion caused blindness and muteness

   Ko da yake a wani lokaci Jehovah yakan sa mutum ya makanta ko kuma ya zama bebe

   Nature is mute, we question her in vain;

   Halitta ta yi shuru, muna ta tambaya amma babu amsa; [1]

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) mute

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) mutes

Past tense (ya wuce) muted

Past participle (ya wuce) muted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) muting

1. kashe murya ko sauti. <> (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
2. (transitive) To turn off the sound of.

   Please mute the music while I make a call. <> Da Allah kashe muryar kiɗannan don zan yi kira.