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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative moirt
vocative a mhoirt
genitive moirte
dative moirt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an mhoirt
genitive na moirte
dative leis an moirt
don mhoirt

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of moirt
radical lenition eclipsis
moirt mhoirt not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

moirt m

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

Mutation

Mutation of moirt
radical lenition
moirt mhoirt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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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