móin

See also: moin, Moin, môin, and möin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish móin,[1] from Proto-Celtic *mānis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (damp, wet, moist).

Pronunciation

Noun

móin f (genitive singular móna or mónadh, nominative plural móinte)

  1. turf, peat
  2. bogland, moor

Declension

Standard inflection (third declension)
Alternative inflection (fifth declension)

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “móin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “móin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 493
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “móin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “móin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mānis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (damp, wet, moist).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moːnʲ]

Noun

móin f

  1. peat moss
  2. (occasionally) moor, waste
  3. turf, peat

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative móinL móinL mónaiH
Vocative móinL móinL mónaiH
Accusative mónaiN móinL mónaiH
Genitive mónaeH mónaeL mónaeN
Dative mónaiL mónaib mónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: móin
  • Manx: moain
  • Scottish Gaelic: mòine

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
móin
also mmóin after a proclitic
móin
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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