Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish immthigid, from Old Irish imm·téit (go around, go away),[1] from imm- (around) + téit (goes). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic imich and Manx immee.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

imigh (present analytic imíonn, future analytic imeoidh, verbal noun imeacht, past participle imithe)

  1. (intransitive) to go
  2. to leave, depart, go away
  3. to go on
  4. to go off, start off
  5. to get away, escape
  6. to move
  7. to pass (of time, etc.)
  8. to be lost
  9. to die away

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imigh n-imigh himigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imm-tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101

Further reading edit