mòinteach

See also: móinteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish móintech.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɲtʲəx/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈmõːtʲəx/, [ˈmõːʰtʲ(ç)əx][2]

Noun

mòinteach f (genitive singular mòintich, plural mòintichean)

  1. peat moss, sphagnum
  2. moor, moorland

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “móintech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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