moirt

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

moirt f (genitive singular moirte)

  1. lees, dregs, sediment
  2. heavy clay; mud, mire

Declension
Declension of moirt

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative moirt
Vocative a mhoirt
Genitive moirte
Dative moirt

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhoirt
Genitive na moirte
Dative leis an moirt

don mhoirt

Derived terms
  • moirtiúil (“dreggy, muddy, turbid”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
moirt mhoirt 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) “moirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “moirt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “moirt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

moirt m

  1. inflection of mort:
    1. genitive singular
    2. plural

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

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French mort, from Latin mors, mortem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mwaːʀ/
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Adjective

moirt m (feminine singular moite, masculine plural moirts, feminine plural moites, feminine plural (before noun) moitès)

  1. dead
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