móinéar

Irish

Alternative forms

• móinfhéar

Etymology

Original meaning "grass that grows on turf", consisting of móin (“turf”, noun) +‎ féar (“grass”, noun).

Noun

móinéar m (genitive singular móinéir, nominative plural móinéir)

1. meadow

   Synonym: cluain

Declension

Declension of móinéar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative móinéar móinéir vocative a mhóinéir a mhóinéara genitive móinéir móinéar dative móinéar móinéir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an móinéar na móinéir genitive an mhóinéir na móinéar dative leis an móinéar don mhóinéar leis na móinéir

Derived terms

• coirce móinéir (“oat-grass”)
• feisciú móinéir (“meadow fescue”)
• scuab eich mhóinéir (“shade horsetail, meadow horsetail”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of móinéar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
móinéar	mhóinéar	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) “móinéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “móinéar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “móinéar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024