móinteach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish móintech. By surface analysis, móinte (boglands, moors) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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móinteach m (genitive singular móintigh, nominative plural móintigh)

  1. moorland, moor; reclaimed bogland

Declension

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Declension of móinteach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative móinteach móintigh
vocative a mhóintigh a mhóinteacha
genitive móintigh móinteach
dative móinteach móintigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an móinteach na móintigh
genitive an mhóintigh na móinteach
dative leis an móinteach
don mhóinteach
leis na móintigh

Adjective

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móinteach (genitive singular masculine móintigh, genitive singular feminine móintí, plural móinteacha, comparative móintí)

  1. moory, peaty, mossy

Declension

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Declension of móinteach
singular plural (m/f)
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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of móinteach
radical lenition eclipsis
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

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