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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  • mothuigh (superseded)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)

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

Conjugation

  • 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.