móimint

See also: mómint

Irish

Alternative forms

• móiméad, móimid

Etymology

From Middle Irish mómint (compare Scottish Gaelic mòmaid), borrowed from Latin mōmentum.

Noun

móimint f (genitive singular móiminte, nominative plural móimintí)

1. moment (of time, of force)
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Nuair do chuir an bhuachaill a chos ar an phlainc, le dul tar an pholl, lúb sí síos san uisge, ar mhodh go robh an t‑ógánach ar tí bheith báithte, gur rinne sé é féin do choisreagadh, ⁊ ar an móimid d’éirigh an phlainc cómh daingean le Gaigeán, ⁊ léim an mada dubh síos ’san pholl as a bhealach.

     When the boy put his foot on the plank to cross the pool, it bent down into the water, so that the youth was on the point of being drowned, till he crossed himself; and in a moment it became as firm as Gaigean, and the black dog jumped down into the pool out of his way.

Declension

Declension of móimint (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative móimint móimintí vocative a mhóimint a mhóimintí genitive móiminte móimintí dative móimint móimintí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhóimint na móimintí genitive na móiminte na móimintí dative leis an móimint don mhóimint leis na móimintí

Derived terms

• bomaite
• nóiméad

Mutation

Mutated forms of móimint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
móimint	mhóimint	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móimint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mómint”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language