mùch

See also: much, múch, and müch

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish múchaid (“covers over, suffocates, quenches, extinguishes”), from múch (“smoke, stifling vapour”).

Verb

mùch (past mhùch, future mùchaidh, verbal noun mùchadh, past participle mùchte)

1. extinguish (fire)
2. choke, strangle, suffocate, smother
3. quell, put down, suppress

Synonyms

• (choke): tachd
• (quell): ceannsaich, srian

Derived terms

• gille-mùchain (“chimney sweep”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
mùch	mhùch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.