imigh

Irish

Alternative forms

imthigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish immthigid, from Old Irish imm·téit (“go around, go away”),^[1] from imm- (“around”) + téit (“goes”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic imich and Manx immee.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈimʲɪɟ/^[2], /mʲiɟ/^[3]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): (Aran, Mayo) /ˈimʲiː/^[4]^[5], (Cois Fharraige) /ˈimʲə/^[6]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨmʲiː/^[7]

Verb

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

(intransitive) to go
to leave, depart, go away
to go on
to go off, start off
to get away, escape
to move
to pass (of time, etc.)
to be lost
to die away

Conjugation

conjugation of imigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	imeacht
past participle	imithe
tense	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*	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‡; n-imínn‡‡	d'imíteá / imíteá‡; n-imíteá‡‡	d'imíodh sé, sí / imíodh sé, sí‡; n-imíodh sé, sí‡‡	d'imímis; d'imíodh muid / imímis‡; imíodh muid‡; n-imímis‡‡; n-imíodh muid‡‡	d'imíodh sibh / imíodh sibh‡; n-imíodh sibh‡‡	d'imídís; d'imíodh siad / imídís; imíodh siad‡; n-imídís‡‡; n-imíodh siad‡‡	a d'imíodh / a n-imíodh*	d'imítí / imítí‡; n-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-imeochaidh^†	imeofar; imeochar^†
conditional	d'imeoinn; d'imeochainn^† / imeoinn‡; imeochainn^†‡; n-imeoinn‡‡; n-imeochainn^†‡‡	d'imeofá; d'imeochthá^† / imeofá‡; imeochthá^†‡; n-imeofá‡‡; n-imeochthá^†‡‡	d'imeodh sé, sí; d'imeochadh sé, sí^† / imeodh sé, sí‡; imeochadh sé, sí^†‡; n-imeodh sé, sí‡‡; n-imeochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	d'imeoimis; d'imeodh muid; d'imeochaimis^†; d'imeochadh muid^† / imeoimis‡; imeodh muid‡; imeochaimis^†‡; imeochadh muid^†‡; n-imeoimis‡‡; n-imeodh muid‡‡; n-imeochaimis^†‡‡; n-imeochadh muid^†‡‡	d'imeodh sibh; d'imeochadh sibh^† / imeodh sibh‡; imeochadh sibh^†‡; n-imeodh sibh‡‡; n-imeochadh sibh^†‡‡	d'imeoidís; d'imeodh siad; d'imeochadh siad^† / imeoidís‡; imeodh siad‡; imeochadh siad^†‡; n-imeoidís‡‡; n-imeodh siad‡‡; n-imeochadh siad^†‡‡	a d'imeodh; a d'imeochadh^† / a n-imeodh; a n-imeochadh^†	d'imeofaí; d'imeochthaí^† / imeofaí‡; imeochthaí^†‡; n-imeofaí‡‡; n-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
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

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

Derived terms

imigh ar (“become of”)
imigh as (“fade away”)
imigh de (“depart from”)
imigh le (“go away with”)
imigh ó (“go away from, leave”)
imigh sall (“pass away, pass on”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *imigh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imigh	n-imigh	himigh	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), “imm-tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 196, page 57; reprinted 1988
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 517, page 138
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 142
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 369, page 151
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 545, page 291
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 285, page 101