imigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

conjugation of imigh (second conjugation)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present imím imíonn tú;
imír† 		imíonn sé, sí imímid;
imíonn muid 		imíonn sibh imíonn siad;
imíd† 		a imíonn; a imíos /
a n-imíonn*; a n-imíos* 		imítear
past d'imigh mé; d'imíos /
imigh mé‡; imíos‡ 		d'imigh tú; d'imís /
imigh tú‡; imís‡ 		d'imigh sé, sí /
imigh sé, sí‡ 		d'imíomar; d'imigh muid /
imíomar‡; imigh muid‡ 		d'imigh sibh; d'imíobhair /
imigh sibh‡; imíobhair‡ 		d'imigh siad; d'imíodar /
imigh siad‡; imíodar‡ 		a d'imigh /
ar imigh* 		imíodh;
himíodh†
past habitual d'imínn /
imínn‡; n-imínn‡‡ 		d'imíteá /
imíteá‡; n-imíteᇇ 		d'imíodh sé, sí /
imíodh sé, sí‡; n-imíodh sé, s퇇 		d'imímis; d'imíodh muid /
imímis‡; imíodh muid‡; n-imímis‡‡; n-imíodh muid‡‡ 		d'imíodh sibh /
imíodh sibh‡; n-imíodh sibh‡‡ 		d'imídís; d'imíodh siad /
imídís; imíodh siad‡; n-imídís‡‡; n-imíodh siad‡‡ 		a d'imíodh /
a n-imíodh* 		d'imítí /
imítí‡; n-imít퇇
future imeoidh mé;
imeod;
imeochaidh mé† 		imeoidh tú;
imeoir†;
imeochaidh tú† 		imeoidh sé, sí;
imeochaidh sé, sí† 		imeoimid;
imeoidh muid;
imeochaimid†;
imeochaidh muid† 		imeoidh sibh;
imeochaidh sibh† 		imeoidh siad;
imeoid†;
imeochaidh siad† 		a imeoidh; a imeos; a imeochaidh†; a imeochas† /
a n-imeoidh*; a n-imeos*; a n-imeochaidh*†; a n-imeochas*† 		imeofar; imeochar†
conditional d'imeoinn; d'imeochainn† / imeoinn‡; imeochainn†‡; n-imeoinn‡‡; n-imeochainn†‡‡ d'imeofá; d'imeochthᆠ/ imeofá‡; imeochthᆇ; n-imeofᇇ; n-imeochthᆇ‡ d'imeodh sé, sí; d'imeochadh sé, s토/ imeodh sé, sí‡; imeochadh sé, s톇; n-imeodh sé, s퇇; n-imeochadh sé, s톇‡ d'imeoimis; d'imeodh muid; d'imeochaimis†; d'imeochadh muid† / imeoimis‡; imeodh muid‡; imeochaimis†‡; imeochadh muid†‡; n-imeoimis‡‡; n-imeodh muid‡‡; n-imeochaimis†‡‡; n-imeochadh muid†‡‡ d'imeodh sibh; d'imeochadh sibh† / imeodh sibh‡; imeochadh sibh†‡; n-imeodh sibh‡‡; n-imeochadh sibh†‡‡ d'imeoidís; d'imeodh siad; d'imeochadh siad† / imeoidís‡; imeodh siad‡; imeochadh siad†‡; n-imeoidís‡‡; n-imeodh siad‡‡; n-imeochadh siad†‡‡ a d'imeodh; a d'imeochadh† /
a n-imeodh*; a n-imeochadh*† 		d'imeofaí; d'imeochtha토/ imeofaí‡; imeochtha톇; n-imeofa퇇; n-imeochtha톇‡
subjunctive present go n-imí mé;
go n-imíod† 		go n-imí tú;
go n-imír† 		go n-imí sé, sí go n-imímid;
go n-imí muid 		go n-imí sibh go n-imí siad;
go n-imíd† 		— go n-imítear
past dá n-imínn dá n-imíteá dá n-imíodh sé, sí dá n-imímis;
dá n-imíodh muid 		dá n-imíodh sibh dá n-imídís;
dá n-imíodh siad 		— dá n-imítí
imperative imím imigh imíodh sé, sí imímis imígí;
imídh† 		imídís — imítear
verbal noun imeacht
past participle imithe

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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

  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

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