cimigh

Irish

Etymology

From cime (“captive, prisoner”) +‎ -igh

Verb

cimigh (present analytic cimíonn, future analytic cimeoidh, verbal noun cimiú, past participle cimithe)

(transitive) commit (to prison); make captive

Conjugation

conjugation of cimigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	cimím	cimíonn tú; cimír^†	cimíonn sé, sí	cimímid; cimíonn muid	cimíonn sibh	cimíonn siad; cimíd^†	a chimíonn; a chimíos / a gcimíonn*	cimítear
	past	chimigh mé; chimíos	chimigh tú; chimís	chimigh sé, sí	chimíomar; chimigh muid	chimigh sibh; chimíobhair	chimigh siad; chimíodar	a chimigh / ar chimigh*	cimíodh
	past habitual	chimínn / gcimínn‡‡	chimíteá / gcimíteá‡‡	chimíodh sé, sí / gcimíodh sé, sí‡‡	chimímis; chimíodh muid / gcimímis‡‡; gcimíodh muid‡‡	chimíodh sibh / gcimíodh sibh‡‡	chimídís; chimíodh siad / gcimídís‡‡; gcimíodh siad‡‡	a chimíodh / a gcimíodh*	chimítí / gcimítí‡‡
future		cimeoidh mé; cimeod; cimeochaidh mé^†	cimeoidh tú; cimeoir^†; cimeochaidh tú^†	cimeoidh sé, sí; cimeochaidh sé, sí^†	cimeoimid; cimeoidh muid; cimeochaimid^†; cimeochaidh muid^†	cimeoidh sibh; cimeochaidh sibh^†	cimeoidh siad; cimeoid^†; cimeochaidh siad^†	a chimeoidh; a chimeos; a chimeochaidh^†; a chimeochas^† / a gcimeoidh; a gcimeochaidh^†	cimeofar; cimeochar^†
conditional		chimeoinn; chimeochainn^† / gcimeoinn‡‡; gcimeochainn^†‡‡	chimeofá; chimeochthá^† / gcimeofá‡‡; gcimeochthá^†‡‡	chimeodh sé, sí; chimeochadh sé, sí^† / gcimeodh sé, sí‡‡; gcimeochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	chimeoimis; chimeodh muid; chimeochaimis^†; chimeochadh muid^† / gcimeoimis‡‡; gcimeodh muid‡‡; gcimeochaimis^†‡‡; gcimeochadh muid^†‡‡	chimeodh sibh; chimeochadh sibh^† / gcimeodh sibh‡‡; gcimeochadh sibh^†‡‡	chimeoidís; chimeodh siad; chimeochadh siad^† / gcimeoidís‡‡; gcimeodh siad‡‡; gcimeochadh siad^†‡‡	a chimeodh; a chimeochadh^† / a gcimeodh; a gcimeochadh^†	chimeofaí; chimeochthaí^† / gcimeofaí‡‡; gcimeochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go gcimí mé; go gcimíod^†	go gcimí tú; go gcimír^†	go gcimí sé, sí	go gcimímid; go gcimí muid	go gcimí sibh	go gcimí siad; go gcimíd^†	—	go gcimítear
subjunctive	past	dá gcimínn	dá gcimíteá	dá gcimíodh sé, sí	dá gcimímis; dá gcimíodh muid	dá gcimíodh sibh	dá gcimídís; dá gcimíodh siad	—	dá gcimítí
imperative		cimím	cimigh	cimíodh sé, sí	cimímis	cimígí; cimídh^†	cimídís	—	cimítear
verbal noun		cimiú
past participle		cimithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

cimíocht f (“captivity, bondage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cimigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cimigh	chimigh	gcimigh

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cimigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN