mothaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

mothuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish mothaigid (“be amazed”), from moth (“amazement”).

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoihi/, /ˈmˠaihi/ (as if spelled maithigh)[1]

Verb

mothaigh (present analytic mothaíonn, future analytic mothóidh, verbal noun mothú, past participle mothaithe)

to feel (sense by touch, experience an emotion or other mental state about), perceive
Synonyms: airigh, braith

Conjugation

conjugation of mothaigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	mothaím	mothaíonn tú; mothaír^†	mothaíonn sé, sí	mothaímid; mothaíonn muid	mothaíonn sibh	mothaíonn siad; mothaíd^†	a mhothaíonn; a mhothaíos / a mothaíonn; a mothaíos	mothaítear
	past	mhothaigh mé; mhothaíos	mhothaigh tú; mhothaís	mhothaigh sé, sí	mhothaíomar; mhothaigh muid	mhothaigh sibh; mhothaíobhair	mhothaigh siad; mhothaíodar	a mhothaigh / ar mhothaigh*	mothaíodh
	past habitual	mhothaínn / mothaínn‡‡	mhothaíteá / mothaíteá‡‡	mhothaíodh sé, sí / mothaíodh sé, sí‡‡	mhothaímis; mhothaíodh muid / mothaímis‡‡; mothaíodh muid‡‡	mhothaíodh sibh / mothaíodh sibh‡‡	mhothaídís; mhothaíodh siad / mothaídís‡‡; mothaíodh siad‡‡	a mhothaíodh / a mothaíodh*	mhothaítí / mothaítí‡‡
future		mothóidh mé; mothód; mothóchaidh mé^†	mothóidh tú; mothóir^†; mothóchaidh tú^†	mothóidh sé, sí; mothóchaidh sé, sí^†	mothóimid; mothóidh muid; mothóchaimid^†; mothóchaidh muid^†	mothóidh sibh; mothóchaidh sibh^†	mothóidh siad; mothóid^†; mothóchaidh siad^†	a mhothóidh; a mhothós; a mhothóchaidh^†; a mhothóchas^† / a mothóidh; a mothós; a mothóchaidh^†; a mothóchas^†	mothófar; mothóchar^†
conditional		mhothóinn; mhothóchainn^† / mothóinn‡‡; mothóchainn^†‡‡	mhothófá; mhothóchthá^† / mothófá‡‡; mothóchthá^†‡‡	mhothódh sé, sí; mhothóchadh sé, sí^† / mothódh sé, sí‡‡; mothóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	mhothóimis; mhothódh muid; mhothóchaimis^†; mhothóchadh muid^† / mothóimis‡‡; mothódh muid‡‡; mothóchaimis^†‡‡; mothóchadh muid^†‡‡	mhothódh sibh; mhothóchadh sibh^† / mothódh sibh‡‡; mothóchadh sibh^†‡‡	mhothóidís; mhothódh siad; mhothóchadh siad^† / mothóidís‡‡; mothódh siad‡‡; mothóchadh siad^†‡‡	a mhothódh; a mhothóchadh^† / a mothódh; a mothóchadh^†	mhothófaí; mhothóchthaí^† / mothófaí‡‡; mothóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go mothaí mé; go mothaíod^†	go mothaí tú; go mothaír^†	go mothaí sé, sí	go mothaímid; go mothaí muid	go mothaí sibh	go mothaí siad; go mothaíd^†	—	go mothaítear
subjunctive	past	dá mothaínn	dá mothaíteá	dá mothaíodh sé, sí	dá mothaímis; dá mothaíodh muid	dá mothaíodh sibh	dá mothaídís; dá mothaíodh siad	—	dá mothaítí
imperative		mothaím	mothaigh	mothaíodh sé, sí	mothaímis	mothaígí; mothaídh^†	mothaídís	—	mothaítear
verbal noun		mothú
past participle		mothaithe

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

Alternative verbal noun: motháil

Derived terms

mothaigh ó (“to miss”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mothaigh	mhothaigh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14