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• mothuigh (superseded)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)

Verb

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

1. 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
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 / mothaíteᇇ	mhothaíodh sé, sí / mothaíodh sé, s퇇	mhothaímis; mhothaíodh muid / mothaímis‡‡; mothaíodh muid‡‡	mhothaíodh sibh / mothaíodh sibh‡‡	mhothaídís; mhothaíodh siad / mothaídís‡‡; mothaíodh siad‡‡	a mhothaíodh / a mothaíodh*	mhothaítí / mothaít퇇
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; mhothóchthᆠ/ mothófᇇ; mothóchthᆇ‡	mhothódh sé, sí; mhothóchadh sé, s토/ mothódh sé, s퇇; mothóchadh sé, s톇‡	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; mhothóchtha토/ mothófa퇇; mothóchtha톇‡
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
	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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mothaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “moṫuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 498
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mothaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN