móinéar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Original meaning "grass that grows on turf", consisting of móin (“turf”, noun) +‎ féar (“grass”, noun).

Noun

móinéar m (genitive singular móinéir, nominative plural móinéir)

  1. meadow
    Synonym: cluain

Declension

Declension of móinéar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative móinéar móinéir
vocative a mhóinéir a mhóinéara
genitive móinéir móinéar
dative móinéar móinéir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an móinéar na móinéir
genitive an mhóinéir na móinéar
dative leis an móinéar
don mhóinéar 		leis na móinéir

Derived terms

  • coirce móinéir (“oat-grass”)
  • feisciú móinéir (“meadow fescue”)
  • scuab eich mhóinéir (“shade horsetail, meadow horsetail”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of móinéar
radical lenition eclipsis
móinéar mhóinéar not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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