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Irish
Alternative forms
- -aimid (broad version)
- -aímid (second conjugation (broad))
- -ímid (second conjugation (slender))
Pronunciation
Suffix
-imid
- first-person plural present indicative and subjunctive ending of verbs
Usage notes
- This form is attached to first-conjugation verbs with stems ending in either a sender consonant or a vowel;
- Used in place of the pronoun sinn:
- feic + -imid → feicimid (“we see”)
- súigh + -imid → súimid (“we suck”) (stem sú-)
- In certain dialects, namely Ulster and parts of Connacht, the synthetic is replaced with analytical present tense plus pronoun muid:
- Súnn muid (“we suck”)
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