móinteach
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See also: mòinteach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish móintech. By surface analysis, móinte (“boglands, moors”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]móinteach m (genitive singular móintigh, nominative plural móintigh)
Declension
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Adjective
[edit]móinteach (genitive singular masculine móintigh, genitive singular feminine móintí, plural móinteacha, comparative móintí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | móinteach | mhóinteach | móinteacha; mhóinteacha2 | |
vocative | mhóintigh | móinteacha | ||
genitive | móintí | móinteacha | móinteach | |
dative | móinteach; mhóinteach1 |
mhóinteach; mhóintigh (archaic) |
móinteacha; mhóinteacha2 | |
Comparative | níos móintí | |||
Superlative | is móintí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- amadán móinteach m (“dotterel”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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móinteach | mhóinteach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móinteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “móintech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language