móinteach

See also: mòinteach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːnʲtʲəx/

Noun

móinteach m (genitive singular móintigh, nominative plural móintigh)

1. moorland, moor; reclaimed bogland

Declension

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

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

1. moory, peaty, mossy

Declension

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

• móintiúil

Derived terms

• amadán móinteach m (“dotterel”)

Mutation

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

• 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