moirt

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

moirt f (genitive singular moirte)

1. lees, dregs, sediment
2. heavy clay; mud, mire

Declension

Declension of moirt

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative moirt Vocative a mhoirt Genitive moirte Dative moirt

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhoirt Genitive na moirte Dative leis an moirt don mhoirt

Derived terms

• moirtiúil (“dreggy, muddy, turbid”, adjective)

Related terms

• moirtiúlacht f (“muddiness, turbidity”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “moirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “moirt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “moirt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

moirt m

1. inflection of mort:
   1. genitive singular
   2. plural

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
moirt	mhoirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French mort, from Latin mors, mortem.

Adjective

moirt m (feminine singular moite, masculine plural moirts, feminine plural moites, feminine plural (before noun) moitès)

1. dead

Related terms

• mori