móinéar
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Original meaning "grass that grows on turf", consisting of móin (“turf”, noun) + féar (“grass”, noun).
Noun
[edit]móinéar m (genitive singular móinéir, nominative plural móinéir)
Declension
[edit]Declension of móinéar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- coirce móinéir (“oat-grass”)
- feisciú móinéir (“meadow fescue”)
- scuab eich mhóinéir (“shade horsetail, meadow horsetail”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
móinéar | mhóinéar | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móinéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “móinéar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “móinéar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024