From Old Irish móintech. By surface analysis, móinte (“boglands, moors”) + -ach.
móinteach m (genitive singular móintigh, nominative plural móintigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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móinteach (genitive singular masculine móintigh, genitive singular feminine móintí, plural móinteacha, comparative móintí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | móinteach | mhóinteach | móinteacha; mhóinteacha² | |
| Vocative | mhóintigh | móinteacha | ||
| Genitive | móintí | móinteacha | móinteach | |
| Dative | móinteach; mhóinteach¹ |
mhóinteach; mhóintigh (archaic) |
móinteacha; mhóinteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos móintí | |||
| Superlative | is móintí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| móinteach | mhóinteach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||