múch

See also: much, mùch, and müch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish múchaid (“to cover over, press down, suffocate, quench”), from múch (“smoke, stifling vapour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠuːx/

Verb

múch (present analytic múchann, future analytic múchfaidh, verbal noun múchadh, past participle múchta)

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

Conjugation

conjugation of múch (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	múchaim	múchann tú; múchair†	múchann sé, sí	múchaimid	múchann sibh	múchann siad; múchaid†	a mhúchann; a mhúchas / a múchann*	múchtar
	past	mhúch mé; mhúchas	mhúch tú; mhúchais	mhúch sé, sí	mhúchamar; mhúch muid	mhúch sibh; mhúchabhair	mhúch siad; mhúchadar	a mhúch / ar mhúch*	múchadh
	past habitual	mhúchainn / múchainn‡‡	mhúchtá / múchtᇇ	mhúchadh sé, sí / múchadh sé, s퇇	mhúchaimis; mhúchadh muid / múchaimis‡‡; múchadh muid‡‡	mhúchadh sibh / múchadh sibh‡‡	mhúchaidís; mhúchadh siad / múchaidís‡‡; múchadh siad‡‡	a mhúchadh / a múchadh*	mhúchtaí / múchta퇇
future		múchfaidh mé; múchfad	múchfaidh tú; múchfair†	múchfaidh sé, sí	múchfaimid; múchfaidh muid	múchfaidh sibh	múchfaidh siad; múchfaid†	a mhúchfaidh; a mhúchfas / a múchfaidh*	múchfar
conditional		mhúchfainn / múchfainn‡‡	mhúchfá / múchfᇇ	mhúchfadh sé, sí / múchfadh sé, s퇇	mhúchfaimis; mhúchfadh muid / múchfaimis‡‡; múchfadh muid‡‡	mhúchfadh sibh / múchfadh sibh‡‡	mhúchfaidís; mhúchfadh siad / múchfaidís‡‡; múchfadh siad‡‡	a mhúchfadh / a múchfadh*	mhúchfaí / múchfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go múcha mé; go múchad†	go múcha tú; go múchair†	go múcha sé, sí	go múchaimid; go múcha muid	go múcha sibh	go múcha siad; go múchaid†	—	go múchtar
	past	dá múchainn	dá múchtá	dá múchadh sé, sí	dá múchaimis; dá múchadh muid	dá múchadh sibh	dá múchaidís; dá múchadh siad	—	dá múchtaí
imperative		múchaim	múch	múchadh sé, sí	múchaimis	múchaigí; múchaidh†	múchaidís	—	múchtar
verbal noun		múchadh
past participle		múchta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• múchtach (“smothering”, adjective)
• múchtóir (“extinguisher”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of múch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
múch	mhúch	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “múchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “múch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːx/

Noun

múch

1. genitive plural of mucha