mòine

See also: moine

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish móin, from Proto-Celtic *mānis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“damp, wet, moist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɲə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈmõːɲə]

Noun

mòine f (genitive mòine or mòna or mònach or mònadh)

1. moss, morass, bog
2. peat, turf

See also

• fàd, fòid - peat (a single piece)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
mòine	mhòine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.