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imigh

imigh

Irish

Alternative forms

imthigh (obsolete)

Verb

imigh ‎(present analytic imíonn, future analytic imeoidh, verbal noun imeacht, past participle imithe)

(intransitive) go
1. leave, go away
2. go on, proceed, travel
3. go, start, off
4. get away, escape
5. progress
6. prevail, be current
7. go round, circulate
8. move, work
9. (of time, etc.) pass, pass and change
10. give way, fail
11. cease to operate, to have effect
12. be lost, spent
13. pass away; depart, die
14. pass into a certain state
15. (literary) come to pass
16. (literary) go over, traverse

Conjugation

Second Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
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‡	d'imíteá / imíteá‡	d'imíodh sé, sí / imíodh sé, sí‡	d'imímis; d'imíodh muid / imímis‡; imíodh muid‡	d'imíodh sibh / imíodh sibh‡	d'imídís; d'imíodh siad / imídís; imíodh siad‡	a d'imíodh / ar imíodh*	d'imítí / imítí‡
	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^†‡	d'imeofá; d'imeochthá^† / imeofá‡; imeochthá^†‡	d'imeodh sé, sí; d'imeochadh sé, sí^† / imeodh sé, sí‡; imeochadh sé, sí^†‡	d'imeoimis; d'imeodh muid; d'imeochaimis^†; d'imeochadh muid^† / imeoimis‡; imeodh muid‡; imeochaimis^†‡; imeochadh muid^†‡	d'imeodh sibh; d'imeochadh sibh^† / imeodh sibh‡; imeochadh sibh^†‡	d'imeoidís; d'imeodh siad; d'imeochadh siad^† / imeoidís‡; imeodh siad‡; imeochadh siad^†‡	a d'imeodh; a d'imeochadh^† / ar imeodh; ar imeochadh^†	d'imeofaí; d'imeochthaí^† / imeofaí‡; imeochthaí^†‡
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
subjunctive	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
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form

Derived terms

Terms derived from imigh

imigh ar ‎(“go on, travel by means of; proceed; pass over; pass into state of; be spent on; be sold for; be lost to; get away, escape, from; go away without; happen to; tread on; copulate with”)
imigh as ‎(“go out of; go from, be lost to; fade away, fail; give, slacken”)
imigh de ‎(“go, depart, from”)

imigh i ‎(“go, leave, in; go into; go about in; pass into state of”)
imigh le ‎(“go away with, take away; take to, follow; take certain course; go away, off”)

imigh ó ‎(“go away from, leave, be lost to; go beyond”)
imigh sall ‎(“pass away, pass on”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imigh	n-imigh	himigh	t-imigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"imigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“imm-téit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.