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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish móin, from Proto-Celtic *mānis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“damp, wet, moist”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mòine f (genitive mòine or mòna or mònach or mònadh)
- moss, morass, bog
- peat, turf
See also
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| mòine |
mhòine
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ 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