mòinteach

See also: móinteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish móintech.

Noun

mòinteach f (genitive singular mòintich, plural mòintichean)

1. peat moss, sphagnum
2. 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