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mothaigh

mothaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

mothuigh (superseded)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Second Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	****ím	**íonn tú; **ír^†	****íonn sé, sí	**ímid; **íonn muid	****íonn sibh	**íonn siad; **íd^†	a mhothaíonn; a mhothaíos / a ***íonn; a ***íos	****ítear
	past	mhothaigh mé; mhothaíos	mhothaigh tú; mhothaís	mhothaigh sé, sí	mhothaíomar; mhothaigh muid	mhothaigh sibh; mhothaíobhair	mhothaigh siad; mhothaíodar	a mhothaigh / ar mhothaigh*	****íodh
	past habitual	mhothaínn	mhothaíteá	mhothaíodh sé, sí	mhothaímis; mhothaíodh muid	mhothaíodh sibh	mhothaídís; mhothaíodh siad	a mhothaíodh / ar mhothaíodh*	mhothaítí
	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^†	mhothófá; mhothóchthá^†	mhothódh sé, sí; mhothóchadh sé, sí^†	mhothóimis; mhothódh muid; mhothóchaimis^†; mhothóchadh muid^†	mhothódh sibh; mhothóchadh sibh^†	mhothóidís; mhothódh siad; mhothóchadh siad^†	a mhothódh; a mhothóchadh^† / ar mhothódh; ar mhothóchadh^†	mhothófaí; mhothóchthaí^†
subjunctive	present	go **í mé; go **íod^†	go **í tú; go **ír^†	go ****í sé, sí	go **ímid; go **í muid	go ****í sibh	go **í siad; go **íd^†	—	go ****ítear
subjunctive	past	dá ****ínn	dá ****íteá	dá ****íodh sé, sí	dá **ímis; dá **íodh muid	dá ****íodh sibh	dá **ídís; dá **íodh siad	—	dá ****ítí
imperative		****ím	mothaigh	****íodh sé, sí	****ímis	**ígí; **ídh^†	****ídís	—	****ítear
verbal noun		mothú
past participle		mothaithe

*Indirect relative
† Dialect form

Alternative verbal noun: motháil

Derived terms

mothaigh ó ‎(“to miss”)

Synonyms

Mutation

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

References

“mothaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“moṫuiġim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"mothaigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.