móinéar

Irish

Alternative forms

• móinfhéar

Etymology

Original meaning "grass that grows on turf", consisting of móin (“turf”, noun) +‎ féar (“grass”, noun).

Noun

móinéar m (genitive singular móinéir, nominative plural móinéir)

1. meadow

   Synonym: cluain

Declension

Declension of móinéar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative móinéar móinéir Vocative a mhóinéir a mhóinéara Genitive móinéir móinéar Dative móinéar móinéir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an móinéar na móinéir Genitive an mhóinéir na móinéar Dative leis an móinéar don mhóinéar leis na móinéir

Derived terms

• coirce móinéir (“oat-grass”)
• feisciú móinéir (“meadow fescue”)
• scuab eich mhóinéir (“shade horsetail, meadow horsetail”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móinéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “móinéar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “móinéar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.