mòinteach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish móintech.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɲtʲəx/
(Lewis) IPA^(key):

Noun

mòinteach f (genitive singular mòintich, plural mòintichean)

peat moss, sphagnum
moor, moorland

Synonyms

(moorland): monadh, sliabh

Derived terms

amadan-mòintich m (“dotterel”)

References

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

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