mòinteach

See also: móinteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish móintech.

Noun

mòinteach f (genitive singular mòintich, plural mòintichean)

peat moss, sphagnum
moor, moorland

Synonyms

(moorland): monadh, sliabh

Derived terms

amadan-mòintich m (“dotterel”)

References

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “móintech”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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