móin

See also: moin, Moin, môin, and möin

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠoːnʲ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /mˠoːnʲ/, /mˠuːnʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠuːnʲ/

Noun

móin f (genitive singular móna or mónadh, nominative plural móinte)

1. turf, peat
2. bogland, moor

Declension

Standard inflection (third declension)

Declension of móin

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative móin móinte Vocative a mhóin a mhóinte Genitive móna móinte Dative móin móinte

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhóin na móinte Genitive na móna na móinte Dative leis an móin don mhóin leis na móinte

Alternative inflection (fifth declension)

Declension of móin

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative móin móinte Vocative a mhóin a mhóinte Genitive mónadh móinte Dative móin mónaidh (archaic, dialectal) móinte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhóin na móinte Genitive na mónadh na móinte Dative leis an móin leis an mónaidh (archaic, dialectal) don mhóin don mhónaidh (archaic, dialectal) leis na móinte

Derived terms

• cromán móna (“marsh harrier”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
móin	mhóin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “móin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 493
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “móin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “móin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːnʲ]

Noun

móin f

1. peat moss
2. (occasionally) moor, waste
3. turf, peat

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	móinL	móinL	mónaiH
Vocative	móinL	móinL	mónaiH
Accusative	mónaiN	móinL	mónaiH
Genitive	mónaeH	mónaeL	mónaeN
Dative	mónaiL	mónaib	mónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: móin
• Manx: moain
• Scottish Gaelic: mòine

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
móin also mmóin after a proclitic ending in a vowel	móin pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “móin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language