móin

See also: moin, môin, and möin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish móin.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. turf, peat
  2. bogland, moor

Declension
Standard inflection (third declension)
Declension of móin

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative móin móinte
Vocative a mhóin a mhóinte
Genitive móna móinte
Dative móin móinte

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhóin na móinte
Genitive na móna na móinte
Dative leis an móin

don mhóin

 leis na móinte
Alternative inflection (fifth declension)
Declension of móin

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative móin móinte
Vocative a mhóin a mhóinte
Genitive mónadh móinte
Dative móin
mónaidh (archaic, dialectal)		 móinte

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhóin na móinte
Genitive na mónadh na móinte
Dative leis an móin
leis an mónaidh (archaic, dialectal)

don mhóin
don mhónaidh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na móinte

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.

Further reading
  • “móin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “móin” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 493.
  • "móin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːnʲ/

Noun

móin f

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading
  • “móin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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