móinteach

See also: mòinteach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish móintech; synchronically móinte (“boglands, moors”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːnʲtʲəx/

Noun

móinteach m (genitive singular móintigh, nominative plural móintigh)

(geography) 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)

moory, peaty, mossy

Declension

Declension of móinteach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	móinteach	mhóinteach	móinteacha; mhóinteacha²
Vocative	mhóintigh	mhóinteach	móinteacha
Genitive	mhóintigh	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
móinteach	mhóinteach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"móinteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“móintech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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