mothaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

mothuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish mothaigid (“be amazed”), from moth (“amazement”).^[1] Cognates include Scottish Gaelic mothaich.

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoihi/, /ˈmˠaihi/^[2]

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)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	mothaím	mothaíonn tú; mothaír^†	mothaíonn sé, sí	mothaímid; mothaíonn muid	mothaíonn sibh	mothaíonn siad; mothaíd^†	a mhothaíonn; a mhothaíos	mothaítear
past	mhothaigh mé; mhothaíos	mhothaigh tú; mhothaís	mhothaigh sé, sí	mhothaíomar; mhothaigh muid	mhothaigh sibh; mhothaíobhair	mhothaigh siad; mhothaíodar	a 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 / mothaídís^‡; mothaíodh siad^‡	a mhothaíodh	mhothaítí / mothaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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^†	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; mhothóchaidís^†; mhothóchadh siad^† / mothóidís^‡; mothódh siad^‡; mothóchaidís^†^‡; mothóchadh siad^†^‡	a mhothódh; a mhothóchadh^†	mhothófaí; mhothóchthaí^† / mothófaí^‡; mothóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	mothaím	mothaigh	mothaíodh sé, sí	mothaímis	mothaígí; mothaídh^†	mothaídís	—	mothaítear

past participle	mothaithe

verbal noun	mothú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative verbal noun: motháil

Derived terms

mothaigh ó (“to miss”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mothaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
mothaigh	mhothaigh	not applicable

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mothaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 25, page 14