múchaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From múch +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuːxɨð]

Verb

múchaid

1. to smother

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.			múchaid			múchait
	conj.					·múchaid
	rel.
imperfect indicative				·múchad
preterite	abs.			múchais
	conj.		·múchais	·múch			·múchsat, ·múgsat		·múchtha
	rel.
perfect	deut.		ro·múchais	ro·múch			ro·múchsat, ro·múgsat		ro·múchtha
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.			múchaid			múchait
	conj.	·múch				·múchaid
	rel.
past subjunctive				·múchad
imperative			múch	múchad		múchaid
verbal noun		múchad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Irish: múch
• Manx: moogh
• Scottish Gaelic: mùch

Mutation

Mutation of múchaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
múchaid also mmúchaid after a proclitic ending in a vowel	múchaid pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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